The Chile team intends to recover ground at the South American level after the hiring of Ricardo Gareca at the beginning of this year. Obviously, the main goal is to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in North America, although first they will have the tough test in the 2024 Copa América. However, the ‘Tiger’ did not consider one of the greatest exponents as Arturo vidal. In that sense Juan Cristobal Guarello He pointed out the reason why the experienced midfielder has not yet been called by the Argentine coach and issued a severe warning.
“I believe that Gareca’s signal is very powerful. Vidal today physically has no impediment to playing for the national team. It’s not that Vidal with the bad knee, recovering, dosed. In Colo Colo he sometimes plays half-stop, but he plays 90 minutes or 80. The last game against Copiapó he played 90 minutes and scored until the end,” commented the journalist for ‘Radio Agricultura’.
That’s when the communicator slipped in the reason why the ‘King Arthur’ not found on the list ‘Skinny’. “What Gareca sees is that he does not have the rhythm or intensity that he needs for the national team. “I think it’s a strictly technical thing,” he said.
Another panelist from said radio space, Cristián Caamaño, assured that the absence of Arturo vidal has not generated much controversy in Chili and that the call of the 24 players is justified.
“It will depend a lot on Vidal, realizing what he is doing. He is an intelligent player, beyond the fact that his statements are often mixed with situations, he fights with half the world. But he realizes that playing like that didn’t work for him, although he is not less than those who are outside. There is a coincidence that the 24 are well called up and no one could say that Vidal is going to give a different twist to the national team to this footballer or another”, he mentioned.
Caamaño emphasized that the Colo Colo midfielder has in his favor the fact that the Chilean championship will stop for around a month, enough time for him to get physically ready, 100% and aim to return to his team to the 2026 Qualifiers in September.
“If Vidal, with this inter-season of a month and a half, has no injuries, he can do a normal 45-day job, and he has a good key to the Copa Libertadores against Junior and that means Colo Colo can advance and recover that step. which makes him a great candidate for the title, I think that a different expectation will also be generated and at least better consideration will be gained in the eyes of Gareca in the Qualifiers.. Nobody misses Vidal in the national team because of his presence, some will do so because of what he meant or represented, but Gareca is right in a way in leaving Medel and Vidal out because there is no noise, no one is worried nor is there a particular request from someone. former teammate. In general, the environment does not miss them”
Juan Cristobal Guarello He intervened again and, on this occasion, in reference to the fact that if the Chile team plays a more than notable role in the Copa America 2024, Ricardo Gareca could choose not to call him for the qualifying process.
“If Chile is doing well in the Copa América, and I’m not talking about winning the title, but that you could be left out in the quarterfinals, but you had Brazil, Uruguay, and they beat you on penalties, you played a great game against Bielsa’s team, You had it in a hurry, so the position is good. If it leaves a feeling of solid football, a team that is growing, that is functioning. If they call Vidal, I see few changes in Gareca”, he noted.
