Why aren’t Vidal and Medel in Chile at the Copa América?

The Copa America 2024 It is the great challenge that will have Chili in the year. La Roja arrives in the United States with the hope of making a good showing, although the tournament will not have two historic players: Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel. Check the reason they are out.

Ricardo Gareca He has only been in charge of La Roja for three friendly matches and has managed to make the team show a totally different face than what it had been doing with Eduardo Berizzo. The positive performance against Albania, France and Paraguay has made the fans once again excited about doing something important at a continental level and thus projecting the team that fights for qualification to the 2026 World Cup.

Why aren’t Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel in Chile in the Copa América?

Although both players were on Ricardo Gareca’s 55-player roster, they did not make it into the final call-up of 26 players. The coach has indicated that the marginalization of both is due to sporting criteria and not to other types of issues off the field.. He has not even ruled out that they may be called in the future. Medel recently signed at Boca Junios and Vidal is the undisputed starter at Colo Colo.

The heirs of their numbers

With the confirmation of the 26 Chilean footballers who traveled to the Copa América, so did the list of the numbers that each player will occupy in the tournament. Without a doubt, one of the questions was about who would use the historical numbers. Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel.

With respect to “8” of the Kingwho decided to use it was Dario Osorio. The left-handed player is one of the young figures of La Roja and will wear this number. He “17″ by Gary Medel it will be for Esteban Pavez. The Colo Colo midfielder was one of the last to join the roster.