Argentina international and Chelsea goalkeeper Willy CABALLERO broke his silence and spoke about what happened at the World Cup.

Willy CABALLERO did not have the best of World Cup’s for Argentina and a big mistake against Croatia saw him dropped for the rest of the tournament. Franco ARMANI of River Plate took his position and coach Jorge SAMPAOLI never looked back on his decision. Speaking with Sportia, here’s what CABALLERO had to say about his performance at the World Cup:

“They are things that happen in training, in matches and it happened to me. You can not control those things. I take all of the responsibility because it was a very hard blow for everyone. It happened at the worst moment and then I did not have the chance of a rematch (to play against Nigeria). When you make those kinds of mistakes, what you want the most is to play again to get rid of that thorn and to get everyone to trust you again, but I did not. From my side, I tried to support Franco (ARMANI).”

In regards to being dropped for Franco ARMANI, CABALLERO stated that SAMPAOLI told him he would be dropped:

“I had to respect the mister’s (Jorge SAMPAOLI) decision. I had already sensed that (he would be droped) through training and the press wanted the change but SAMPAOLI came and told me it himself. He had the courage to tell me. What was said between us stays between us. There was a lot of respect between the coach and I. He made his decision and I had to respect it. What was I going to do? No matter how much I wanted to show that I wanted to play, it was what it was. You have to turn the page and think about the next game.”

On the criticism he received from people:

“The criticism on social media was disrespectful. It was very difficult for me and for my family. I don’t know if it’s because the people wanted Franco ARMANI as the goalkeeper which is totally understandable when the country has a certain taste. But the one who takes the decision is the coach and on my end, I tried to support him when he would play so he wouldn’t be nervous.”

Willy CABALLERO commented on Franco ARMANI’s performance at the World Cup:

“We had to win against Nigeria and he did very well. He did remarkable. We should not take anything away from him against France because there were lots of things which happened like a penalty and a great goal. He did very well.”