Date published: 11/11/2024 – 18:56Changed: 11/11/2024 – 18:54

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The midfielder, who won league titles with Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Juventus, collected the last of his 142 caps in September 2023 when he was injured in a draw against Colombia early in the World Cup qualifying round.

Vidal’s call came a week after a woman accused him and other Colo Colo players of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub in Santiago. There was no progress in the investigation, prosecution or arrests.

On Sunday, Vidal scored the only goal as Colo Colo won the Chilean league title with a draw in the final game of the season.

He returns to the national team for matches away to Peru and at home to Venezuela; Chile is in last place in the 10-team South American group with eight matches remaining, seven points behind seventh place, the last place with a chance of qualifying for the World Cup.

Vidal openly criticized national coach Ricardo Gareca for not selecting him and other members of Chile’s “Golden Generation”; He noted that Mauricio Isla, Charles Aranguiz and Marcelo Diaz were part of the team that won the Copa America in 2015 and 2016.

“The national team needs us,” Vidal said.

Due to the injury of Udinese forward Alexis Sanchez, only Atletico Mineiro forward Eduardo Vargas remained among the old guards in the squad consisting of young players.

© 2024 AFP