The Copa America 2024 is close to beginning and many figures will be conspicuous by their absence in this edition. That is the case of Arturo vidalwho is not injured but was left out of the squad Ricardo Gareca in the Chile team.
the same ‘King’ has shown his sadness for not being part of the ‘red’ in a recent interview for his club’s YouTube channel Colo Colo. And the midfielder is one of the leaders of the southern team in recent years and was even two-time champion in the Conmebol competition there in 2015 and 2016.
The 37-year-old player noted that he “would have loved to be there, it wasn’t my turn this time, but nothing, we have to support from the outside.” And, immediately, he expressed his desire for the Chile vs Peru. “I hope the national team does well, for the good of Chilean football, hope they debut with a triumph if God willing”.
Vidal, likewise, once again expressed his “sadness and anger” for not representing the Chilean team in this international competition and left a strong message to the ‘Tiger’ Gareca. “It’s not something football, It’s a coach’s decision.“He has every right to choose his players, who will surely do well in the Copa América, but clearly I would have loved to be there.”
“I am in the best team in Chile, one of the 16 teams in South America, so you have the thorn, but that is football, I take these things as a challenge, I am not there now, but there are qualifying matches coming up that are very difficult and we have to take Chile to the World Cup. I hope to be able to prepare in the best way and play better than the first half,” he concluded.
The truth is that Arturo Vidal has not added any minutes since Ricardo Gareca assumed command of the Chilean team. He was not in the victory against Albania and not in the defeat against France for the FIFA date in March.
His absence was repeated again recently before Paraguay, which gave indications of his not being called up for the Copa América, despite being on the list in good faith. This was confirmed last Thursday, June 13 with the payroll of ‘Tiger’.
Now him ‘King’ You will have to wait until September when the South American Qualifiers to the World Cup 2026. The following commitments of the ‘red’ will be before Argentina and Bolivia for date 7 and 8, respectively.
On the other hand, Vidal thought about the present of Eduardo Vargas, who has scored goals in two of the three games of the Ricardo Gareca era. He escaped it in the wins against Albania and Paraguay. The midfielder highlighted his good moment and recalled his contribution to the Chilean team in winning the two-time Copa América championship.
“If I have spoken with him, I am very happy to see him like this, ‘Edu’ has always been a fundamental player for the ‘golden generation’, he can score a goal or help you win a game at any time. There was a time when he was not there, but it was due to injuries. A player like that is always needed, whether or not he plays on his team. He was the top scorer of the ‘golden generation’”he declared.
