Chile calls an emergency call to a Liga MX defender for qualifying

The defender Nicolas Diaz, of the Mazatlan FC, was summoned this Wednesday to the selection of Chile to replace the injured Eugenio Mena, who will miss the triple date of the South American qualifiers at Qatar-2022 World Cup.

“The Chilean Soccer Federation informs that the coaching staff of the Chilean team summoned the player Nicolás Díaz (Mazatlán FC) to the roster preparing for qualifying matches against Peru, Paraguay and Venezuela“the entity reported in a statement.

In his place the coach of the Red, the Uruguayan Martin Lasarte I call Diaz, who has had regularity in the calls of the current coach and with the previous one, the Colombian Reinaldo Rueda.

Men, starting left-back, suffered a muscle injury Tuesday with his team Racing in view of Argentinos Juniors by the Argentine league.

The doctors indicated that the recovery will take about three weeks, so the player would not reach the duels against Peru on October 7 in Lima, as well as in Santiago before Paraguay October 10 and Venezuela four days later.

Chile is relegated to eighth place (with seven units) in the qualifier, which gives four direct spots to Qatar and a fifth place in a playoff game against a national team from another continent.

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