Lasarte remains upbeat after Chile exit

SANTIAGO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan manager Martin Lasarte insisted on Tuesday that his spell in charge of Chile was not a failure despite the team's inability to qualify for this year's FIFA World Cup.

The 61-year-old Uruguayan was sacked last week, less than three days after Chile ended their qualifying campaign with a 2-0 home defeat to Uruguay. The result left the Roja seventh in the 10-team South Americ