Suazo and Valdivia out of the friendly against Estonia because of injuries

SANTIAGO, June 2, 2011 (AFP) - The Chilean midfielder Jorge Valdivia will be out of the national team for the friendly against Estonia on June's 19 in Santiago, due to a muscle strain, while Humberto Suazo hopes of recovering of a shoulder injury.
"(Valdivia) comes out of a muscle strain that happened a month ago. (...) There is an advanced recovery, has a smaller edema and we made a deal with the club Palmeiras, which will continue his recovery," said the team's doctor to the Cooperativa radio station, Roberto Yañez.
According to the doctor, they will take advantage of his stay for a whole month "to recover his muscle imbalance that has been going on throughout this first half of the year. "
Moreover, Yanez also ruled out striker Humberto with a "muscle imbalance", but assured that evolution is "very favorable".
"For this match (Estonia) is absolutely ruled out. We have to wait his rehabilitation during the entire month of June, and during the month as it continues to evaluate and make a decision on whether he plays or not the next friendly game (against Paraguay)" commented Yáñez.
Suarez decided to not operate his right shoulder in order to compete in the Copa America, as he keeps a special treatment. However, the doctor was "confident that he will not have trouble to play in Argentina."
Chile will face Estonia on June 19 at the Estadio Monumental, and four days later, the team of Claudio Borghi will play against Paraguay in a friendly to be disputed Asuncion

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