Claudio Bravo, goalkeeper of Real Betis, who has not played for four months after a muscle injury from which he has recovered, although he is now suffering from cervical problems, has returned to the Chilean team. The squad list of Ricardo Gareca, Chilean coach, this Friday includes Betic’s goalkeeper, who returned to his country’s team after a year.
Ricardo Gareca revealed this Friday his first list of those called up to the Chile team. The experienced coach was surprised not to mention footballers of the stature of Arturo Vidal, Ben Brereton and Gary Medel for the matches he faces against Albania and France at the next FIFA date in March. When asked about the absence of these names, ‘Tiger’ explained his reasons and, in certain cases, stressed that he was hired to “make decisions.” On the other hand, among the surprises, apart from Claudio Bravo, is the return of Mauricio Isla and Eduardo Vargas.
The last appearance of Claudio Bravo in the national team of Chile was in March 2023 with a friendly against Paraguay. The Betis goalkeeper, capped 145 times by his country, is back on Gareca’s first list. After the match against Rayo Vallecano, which will be played on Sunday the 17th (6:30 pm), comes the national team break. In the case of Claudio Bravo, he will join Chile, who will play a double date on European soil. On Friday the 22nd they face Albania in the Italian city of Parma, while on Tuesday the 26th there is a match against France in Marseille.
Source: La Verdad
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