Chile faces Estonia in the first preparatory match before the Copa America

SANTIAGO, June 18, 2011 (AFP) – The Chilean national team will play with some embezzlement against Estonia this Sunday, in Santiago, in a preparatory, friendly match with an eye towards the 2011 Copa America.

Chile, commanded by coach Claudio Borghi, had at least four players injured in the friendly match against Estonia. The chosen players, Arturo Vidal, Jorge Valdivia, Carlos Muñoz and Felipe Seymour are out because of injuries in the match against the Europeans.

Estonia won Uruguay by 2-0 in a friendly match in March, and will play again, in Montevideo, on June 23. Uruguay is one of the rivals Chile has in the Group stage of the Copa America.

The match will be disputed this Sunday, 7pm (local time, 11pm GMT) in the Monumental stadium, of Colo Colo, and will be adjudicated by the Uruguayan referee Martín Vázquez, with rain and wind forecasted.

Probable line ups:

Chile: Claudio Bravo, Pablo Contreras, Waldo Ponce, Gonzalo Jara, Mauricio Isla, Gary Medel, Arturo Vidal, Jean Beausejour, Matías Fernández (Luis Jiménez), Alexis Sánchez and Esteban Paredes. Coach: Claudio Borghi.

Estonia: Artur Kotenko, Mikk Reintam, Andrei Sidorenkov, Alo Bärengrub, Tihhon Sisov, Dmitri Kruglov, Sergei Mosnikov, Sander Puri, Martin Vunk, Vjatseslav Zahovaiko, Kaimar Saag. Coach: Tarmo Ruutli.

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