All football fans are preparing for a new Champions League final, which will feature Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund as the protagonists. This match will take place this Saturday the 1st at Wembley, the emblematic stadium in England where Alexis Sanchez achieved one of the feats of his career.
The Wonder Boy visited Wembley on November 15, 2013 just to the Chilean National Team to play a friendly match against England. This match was going to serve as a prelude to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and La Roja took advantage of the moment to hit a home run, winning 2-0 thanks to a double from Alexis Sanchez.
The two goals of Alexis Sanchez At Wembley they made all the fans of the Chilean National Team happy and the older ones also remembered the feat that Marcelo Salas achieved. El Matador was lucky enough to play in the legendary English stadium with the Everybody’s Team and scored two goals for his team to beat England 2-0 in front of 60,000 rival fans.
On that occasion, specifically on February 11, 1998, Marcelo Salas scored what for many is the best goal in the history of the Chilean National Team due to the ingenious volley he used for the partial 1-0. As in 2013, this match served as a preview for the World Cup that was going to be played in France, where La Roja reached the round of 16 and then lost against Brazil 4 to 1.
Alexis Sánchez once again defends La Roja
More than ten years after the feat at Wembley, Alexis Sanchez He continues wearing the colors of the Chilean National Team and is now preparing to compete in a new Copa América. The Tocopilla forward was chosen as team leader by Ricardo Gareca and has his ticket secured to travel to the United States.
The Wonder Boy will play in the Copa América for the sixth time in his career and will seek to win his third title with the Chilean National Team shirt. Although it will be difficult, the fans do not lose hope and trust in the decisions of Ricardo Gareca, who was already able to reach the final of the tournament as coach of Peru in 2019.
