The former Liga de Quito player has a medial collateral ligament injury in his left knee, in addition to the absence of midfielder Charles Aranguiz.
The Chilean Football Federation reported this Monday that the medical team of the national team released winger Edson Puch (Catholic University of Chile) of the call to face Paraguay and Ecuador for the qualifying rounds to Qatar 2022 in the coming days, a drop that is added to that of midfielder Charles Aránguiz.
“The decision was made because The athlete presented in the game this Sunday, the exacerbation of his injury to the medial collateral ligament of the left knee, confirmed by clinical evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging carried out this Monday, November 8, whose recovery time exceeds this citation“Said the Red Medical Corps in a statement.
The coach of the Chilean team, the Uruguayan Martín Lasarte, must look for a replacement for the former Liga de Quito attacker (2016), which stood out as one of the surprises on the payroll for the upcoming games, returning to the national team after four years.
Puch is the second player called off by the Chilean coaching staff after it became known that the Bayern Leverkusen player and key player in the Red’s scheme, Charles Aránguiz will not be in a position to face the Guarani and their counterpart from Ecuador.
Aránguiz, in fact, had a “setback” in his recovery from a calf problem, so he will continue his treatment in Germany.
During this afternoon, Chile will hold the first training sessions at the Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex waiting for the referents who play in international clubs to arrive, with a view to adding three by three in duels that will be essential to fight a place for the World Cup competition.
To the date, Chile is sixth with 13 points accumulated in 12 games played after prevailing in the last triple date against Paraguay and Venezuela, scoring their second and third victory of the qualifying process for Qatar.
The Chilean team will face Paraguay in Asunción next Thursday and On Tuesday, November 16, he will receive Ecuador at the San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium en Santiago. (D)
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