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Total expectation. The Chilean team will communicate this Thursday the list of 23 players cited by Reinaldo Rueda for the matches against Uruguay and Colombia, on October 8 and 13, at the start of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Anxiety grows one year after the last payroll of the Colombian coach. The players know that they are coming as a surprise and one of them is on the line. Is about Eduardo Vargas, who appears discarded from the final list a few hours after the officialization.
Rueda has never had Vargas among the saints of his devotion. An alleged indiscipline took him away from La Roja at the beginning of the process of his process in 2018. “I know that Edu Vargas is out of this call just for performance,” explained the coach then.
Turboman was in the last Copa América but only reached the goal against Japan. He played all six games and missed a penalty against Peru. Then it reappeared on the FIFA Date of September 2019, although it was conspicuous by its absence in the October and November lists.
Who will join the entourage for Vargas? As revealed from La Roja, none other than Niklas Castro, Chilean striker of Swedish origin who has three goals in the first division of the Scandinavian country. Also Fabián Orellana will be there again.
The Chilean national team will not have Eduardo Vargas for the eliminatory duels in October against Uruguay and Colombia. Photo: Agency One
The yes and no of the payroll
Although the president of the ANFP, Pablo Milad, announced that the defender Guillermo Maripán is in doubt due to his lack of tour in Monaco, the rear has already secured a place for Enzo Roco and Sebastián Vegas.
There will also be room for two who will come from Argentina. Racing received the request from La Roja for Gabriel Arias and Eugenio Mena, who will go for the vacancies that exist in the goal and the left side respectively.
La Roja is also waiting for the evolution of Mauricio Isla, who has been recovering from coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro since last week, completely isolated from the dynamics of Flamengo.
This afternoon the first injuries were also confirmed. Claudio Bravo and Erick Pulgar will not pass the sports reinstatement phase before the start of the qualifiers, so their names were removed from the original list.
