Alexis Sánchez lives the preview of Chile-Argentina to the rhythm of Rocky Balboa

Alexis Sanchez, is one of the leaders of the chilean national team that this Thursday, January 27, will face the Argentine team in Calama, thus seeking to improve its position in the playoff table and thus ensure a place for Qatar 2022. Precisely, in the middle of the practices, the crack of Inter Milan has been seen very close to the promise of Chilean soccer, Joaquín Montecinos, who is considered in his country as the successor of the Boy Wonder .

Four games before the conclusion of the South American World Cup, Chile needs wins to get out of the sixth place it currently occupies with 16 units, outside the classification zone. Meanwhile, Argentina arrives already classified, in second place, with 29 points, behind Brazil, also with a visa to Qatar.

The urgencies led the Chileans to change Santiago and travel 1,900 km north, in the middle of the Atacama desert, to the small mining city of Calama, near important copper deposits and at an altitude of 2,400 meters, a geographical condition in which Argentina has More failures than successes.

¿JOAQUIN MONTECINOS, THE ‘HEIR’ OF ALEXIS SÁNCHEZ?

Once installed in Calama, Alexis Sanchez He placed himself under the orders of Martín Lasarte and shared with his teammates in the practices of La Roja. But, with whom he was seen very closely, it was with the Audax Italiano footballer, Joaquin Montecinos. This bond between the players would have been forged after the match against Paraguay, in San Carlos de Apoquindo.

The former Barcelona took advantage of the training in Chile to post a video on his Instagram account where he is seen exercising with Montecinos, who was described by the press in his country as the revelation player in 2021. The moment of sharing between both cracks was accompanied by Burning Hearth de Survivor, song that accompanied the movie ‘Rocky IV’.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT MATCHES OF CHILE

– Bolivia vs Chile, La Paz, Tuesday, February 1

– Brazil vs Chile, city to be defined, Thursday, March 24

– Chile vs. Uruguay, Santiago, Tuesday, March 29

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