Chile will need more disciplined effort

With his scorching sprints down the right the short-statured wing-half tormented the Bahrain defence. Bahadir also has the nose for scoring goals – he scored a brace in his team’s 5-0 rout over Bahrain. Upfront Zhdanov Aleksey and Usmankhodjaev Oybek too looked impressive and are likely to give the vulnerable Chilean defence a tough time. Acosta need to stitch the defence in time against the unpredictable Uzbeks. Moreover, the thrust and pentration in their attack is starkly missing from a team which boasts of a bunch of Olympians and a two World Cuppers.

Chile’s only saving grace till now has been their attacking third of Fernando Martel, Hector Tapia and Francisco Arrue. The trio infact are carrying that extra load in orchestrating the moves by themselves and then delivering the knock-out punch.