Claudio Bravo. The captain marked several milestones with his presence against Paraguay. He became the first footballer to defend La Roja at 41 years old and in the third that has played the most games for La Roja in the National stadium (28). He left with a knee injury after the first half.
Mauritius Island. Good game by ‘Huaso’, performing optimally in both facets: defense and attack. Another player recovered for the Ricardo Gareca era. He was replaced by Felipe Loyola at 63′.
Matías Catalán. Fierce, fast and with a very good start from the bottom. Excellent game by the Talleres defender, who lost few duels. Playing like this, he should be a starter in the Copa América.
Igor Lichnovsky. One of his wishes was to play for Chile in a full stadium at the Nacional. Good game from the defender, who has a great present in Mexico’s America.
Gabriel Suazo. He is another player since he has been in Europe and now he confirmed it in the National stadium. The Toulouse full-back assisted Víctor Dávila in his two headed goals.
Erick Pulgar. The Flamengo midfielder started the play to open La Roja’s account. He is coming off an injury and Gareca took him out midway through the second half.
Marcelino Núñez. The lowest of the Red. The Norwich City midfielder was very imprecise. Disconnected, he was the one who lost the most balls and almost always made bad decisions.
Diego Valdes. He was very intelligent in Chile’s 1-0 lead, when he let the ball pass for Víctor Dávila to score with a header. And at 3-0 he assisted with a remarkable pass to Edu Vargas.
Alexis Sanchez. It was not his best game in La Roja, but it is always a permanent concern for rival defenses. With Vargas up 3-0, ‘Maravilla’ invents a play to enable Valdés.
Eduardo Vargas. Ricardo Gareca trusted him and Vargas is responding. In the first half he made the expense for Dávila’s scoring appearance and in the second he scored a great goal, where he defined with class after a great pass from Valdés. He already has 42 goals in the National Team.
Victor Dávila. Brilliant, the great figure of the party. He scored two header goals against the Paraguayans in the first half and was a constant danger.
Gabriel Arias. He came on for the injured Claudio Bravo after the break.
Philip Loyola. He came on at 63′ and was only on the court for 20 minutes, as he had to leave due to a knee injury.
Rodrigo Echeverría. He entered at 67′ for Pulgar and helped in the fray, adding an interception and two tackles.
Ben Brereton Díaz. He came on for Eduardo Vargas at 72′ and had the fourth goal at the end, but he scored very centrally, after an assist from Alexis.
Marcos Bolados. He entered for Diego Valdés at 72′.
Benjamin Kuscevic. He was the last one called up by Ricardo Gareca and added emergency minutes due to Felipe Loyola’s injury.
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