05/06/2024 10:19am.Updated on 05/06/2024 10:41 a.m.
45 days before the start of the next America Cupthe Chilean Football Federation published the list of the 55 pre-summoned by Ricardo Gareca to compete in the continental competition, which will take place between June 20 and July 14 in the United States. And among the names chosen, there is one very particular one: Luciano Cabral.
The Argentine midfielder, nationalized Chilean, is one of the great figures of the local tournament in Chile, and his name has been around for some time for the national team. However, His participation in the Copa América is still in doubt due to his complex judicial situation.
The former Argentines He was sentenced in 2019 to ten years in prison, after being found guilty, along with two family members, of a homicide recorded in Mendoza.
Although he is currently on probation for good behavior, which is why he is also allowed to continue playing football, Chile is waiting for a response from the US authorities to confirm whether he can enter the country despite his condition.
Cabral is not the only Argentine nationalized Chilean on this Tigre pre-list. There are also Gabriel Arias, Matías Catalán and Ulises Ortegoza.
In addition, there is also a long list of footballers who currently play in Argentine football: Gabriel Arias (Racing-ARG), Matías Catalán (Talleres de Córdoba-ARG), Paulo Díaz (River Plate-ARG), Mauricio Isla (Independiente-ARG), Thomas Galdames (Godoy Cruz-ARG), Ulises Ortegoza (Talleres de Córdoba -ARG), Rodrigo Echeverría and Williams Alarcón (Huracán-ARG)
Of that extensive roster of 55 players, which includes eight players who participated in winning the 2015 and 2016 editions, The Argentine coach will designate the 23 who will finally compete in the competition, where they will be rivals of Argentina, Peru and Canada, also members of Group A.
The final list, as announced by the Chilean team on their social networks, will be published on Wednesday June 12, deadline set by Conmebol to present those summoned.
Among the experienced figures, they make up the list Claudio Bravo, Mauricio Isla, Gary Medel, Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sánchez and Eduardo Vargas. In addition, of those champion teams, they are also Eugenio Mena and Marcelo Díaz, who had not been part of the last calls.
List of 55 pre-called:
Archers: Claudio Bravo (Betis-ESP), Gabriel Arias (Racing-ARG), Brayan Cortés (Colo Colo), Lawrence Vigouroux (Burnley-GBR) and Vicente Reyes (Norwich City-GBR).
Defenders: Matías Catalán (Talleres de Córdoba-ARG), Paulo Díaz (River Plate-ARG), Mauricio Isla (Independiente-ARG), Benjamín Kuscevic (Fortaleza-BRA), Igor Lichnovsky (América-MEX), Guillermo Maripán (Monaco-FRA) , Gary Medel (Vasco da Gama-BRA), Francisco Sierralta (Watford-GBR), Gabriel Suazo (Toulouse-FRA), Nicolás Díaz (Tijuana-MEX), Sebastián Vegas (Monterrey-MEX), Thomas Galdames (Godoy Cruz-ARG ), Enzo Roco (Al Tai-SAU), Eugenio Mena (Catholic University), Óscar Opazo and Erick Wiemberg (Colo Colo), Nicolás Fernández (Audax Italiano).
Frills: Erick Pulgar (Flamengo-BRA), Marcelino Nuñez (Norwich Cit-GBR), Ulises Ortegoza (Talleres de Córdoba-ARG), Rodrigo Echeverría and Williams Alarcón (Huracán-ARG), Claudio Baeza and Jean Meneses (Toluca-MEX), Pablo Galdames (Vasco da Gama-BRA), Víctor Mendez (CSKA-RUS), Arturo Vidal, Esteban Pavez and Vicente Pizarro (Colo Colo), Luciano Cabral (Coquimbo Unidos), Marcelo Díaz and Maximiliano Guerrero (Universidad de Chile), César Pérez (Unión La Calera), Felipe Loyola (Huachipato).
Fronts: Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan-ITA), Eduardo Vargas (Atlético Mineiro-BRA), Diego Valdés (América-MEX), Benjamín Brereton (Sheffield United-GBR), Víctor Dávila (CSKA-RUS), Darío Osorio (Midtjylland-DIN ), Diego Valencia (Atromitos-GRE), Diego Rubio (Austin-USA), Felipe Mora (Portland Timbers-USA), Alexander Aravena (Catholic University), Cristián Zavala, Carlos Palacios and Marcos Bolados (Colo Colo), Steffan Pino ( Deportes Iquique), Lucas Assadi (University of Chile).
