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The Chilean team continues to suffer from casualties, which is why the coach Reinaldo Rueda He surprised everyone this Sunday, because he called an emergency player who had not been in any previous process: Leandro Benegas.
The Argentine-Chilean forward joins the work of the Red ahead of next Tuesday’s game against Colombia, and will be one of the alternatives for the attack of the national team in the important duel for the qualifiers.
The left-hander comes from an irregular campaign with Palestino, because he has not been very close to the net, however that did not matter to Cali and gave him a chance to be in Juan Pinto Durán for the first time.
Benegas has had a 2020 with few goals, because during the 13 games he has played for the National Championship, he has only four goals, scored against Huachipato, Antofagasta, Cobresal and Universidad de Chile.
While for the Copa Libertadores, the former attacker from the U scored two goals in the four games he had. One went to Guaraní and the other to Cerro Largo.
In summary, Leandro Benegas has six goals in 17 matches played during 2020, which earned him part of the Red ahead of the qualifying rounds for Qatar 2022.