“The only option is…”: ANFP advisor throws overboard the option of seeing Luciano Cabral in the Copa América

Chilean National Team

Álvaro Bellolio told the firm about the current situation of the player who was reserved by Ricardo Gareca for the Copa América 2024.

By Nicolas Navarro

Updated on 05/07/2024 – 20:51 CLT

© PhotosportCabral’s presence in the Copa América is beginning to get complicated.

The midfielder Luciano Cabral He is one of the great figures of Coquimbo Kingdom and of National Championshipso his performance made the Argentine Ricardo Gareca will reserve him as one of the 55 players for the Copa América 2024.

However, the former Argentinos Juniors would not have been able to obtain the Waiver Visa to enter the North American country. The reason?. Cabral in 2019 He was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for a homicide in Mendoza.

Cabral looks closely at the option of being in the Copa América | PHOTO: Alejandro Pizarro Ubilla/Photosport

WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE ANFP ABOUT THE LUCIANO CABRAL CASE?

Alvaro Bellolioadvisor to the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), was contacted by ADN Deportes and it was on the Los Tenores program that he explained in great detail the situation of the Pirate team’s midfielder.

“It’s quite complex. The talent and performance that he has shown in Coquimbo Kingdom has had Gareca’s attention, but his conviction for murder for almost 10 years makes it very difficult to obtain permission to enter the United States,” he said at the beginning.

“The rules are clear about the time that must pass after serving a sentence and Luciano is still in that period,” highlighted the former national director of the National Migration Service.

Adding that “the only option is to have a special permit, but it is a quite complex process, it needs to involve high-level authorities, procedures at the embassy that are practically impossible to do in less than six months.”

Finally, Bellolio indicated that “there is an expectation that he will be able to participate in the 2026 World Cup (which will also be in North America), but for the Copa América it is a quite complicated challenge, it is very unlikely that he will be able to be there next month.”