Chile should have won and hoped that Peru and Colombia would lose, but none of that happened. Goals from Luis Suárez (79) and Federico Valverde (90) prevented the Chilean team from reaching fifth place in the South American qualifiers and playing the playoff against an Asian team.
The trans-Andean cast is not only left out of a World Cup for the second time in a row, but it becomes the end of a cycle for several soccer players who shone in the so-called “golden generation” of Chilean soccer who won two Copa América (2015 and 2016) and qualified for the World Cups in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014.
For its part, Uruguay, with Diego Alonso on the bench replacing the historic Oscar Washington Tabárez, leaves good penalties for the World Cup with young players who stand out in Europe such as Federico Valverde at Real Madrid or Ronald Araujo at Barcelona.
Source: Ambito
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