Eduardo Berizzo highlighted Matías Catalán, a Chilean-Argentine defender, as the lone surprise among the players representing clubs abroad.
Everything is set for the friendly between Chile and Paraguay, scheduled for March 27 at the Monumental Stadium. Berizzo announced the 17 players abroad during a FIFA window, without naming the local media outlets that covered the squad.
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The standout selection came with Catalán, an Argentine defender from Talleres who had been in consideration for clashes against Morocco and Qatar in 2022 but did not make the final squad. Now aged 30, with a Chilean father and a career including time at San Lorenzo, Atlético Rafaela, San Martín de Tucumán, Atlético San Luis and Pachuca, Catalán is deployed as a center back in Javier Gandolfi’s system. He is a player who caught the eye of Jorge Sampaoli when he led La Roja, and with the confidence of Toto, Catalán can also serve as a right winger when needed.
THE NOMINATIONS
goalkeepers
Claudio Bravo (Betis)
Gabriel Arias (Racing)
defenders
Benjamín Kuscevic (Coritiba)
Guillermo Maripán (Monaco)
Gary Medel (Bologna)
Guillermo Soto (Huracán)
Matías Catalán (Talleres)
Nayel Mehssatou Sepúlveda (Kortrijk)
Gabriel Suazo (Toulouse)
Paulo Díaz (River Plate)
midfielders
Felipe Méndez (CSKA Moscow)
Diego Valdés (Club América)
Arturo Vidal (Flamengo)
Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City)
forwards
Diego Rubio (Colorado Rapids)
Alexis Sánchez (Olympique de Marseille)
Ben Brereton Díaz (Blackburn Rovers)
Víctor Dávila (León)
Juan Delgado (Paços de Ferreira)
Jean Meneses (Toluca)
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These are the players nominated to represent abroad for the preparation match against Paraguay. Eduardo Berizzo named twenty footballers who will wear the national jersey on the FIFA date. Local-media nominations will be released in the coming days. (Goal)