Chile manager Pizzi has lavished praise on winger Alexis Sanchez by claiming that he is one of the world’s best players.

Chile have been going from strength to strength in the last few years. After managing to win the Copa America in front of their home fans a few years ago, they went on to retain the title at the centenary edition in the United States.

Chile is competing in the CONMEBOL group along with: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Uruguay.

All of these nations are fighting for the top spot of this group in order to secure their ticket into the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The golden generation of Chile might miss out on the 2018 World Cup, despite their great run in recent years.

Their World Cup performance in 2010 and 2014 are the best show for the country in recent time. Their effort on home soil in 1962 comes close. They won the 2015 Copa America on home soil, and replicated same this year, defeating the same opponent – Argentina on penalty kicks.

After winning the Copa America title in back-to-back seasons, Chile will be entering into the South American World Cup qualification with a lot of confidence.

The newly hired coach of the Argentine national team Edgardo Bauza had revealed that his plans include stopping five time FIFA World best Lionel Messi from retiring from international football.

The coach mentioned that getting the player back is the top on his agenda when he fully resumes in charge of the national team.

The Chilean national side has already booked their place in the finals of the 2016 Copa America where they will be facing off with Argentina in the finals which is scheduled to take place on June 26.

Jorge Sampaoli is 56 year old manager who rose to prominence after enjoying a successful spell in charge of the Chilean national football team where he led the national side to Copa America triumph back in 2015 as Chile emerged as the champions of the international tournament.

This was the first time in the history of the Chilean team that they had ever won the Copa America and it occurred when Jorge Sampaoli was in charge of the squad.

There will be changes in players next season at Chelsea as the London club seeks to build a team capable of challenging for the title. Some players are going to leave, and others may arrive at the team. Antonio Conte seems to have a precise list of players that he wants to sign for Chelsea.

It’s quite an exciting week for those who like watching international Football.

Quite a few strong teams will be going head to head in the World Cup qualifying matches with all the big stars taking a break from their club duties to feature for their countries.

One of the most anticipated of the matches will be the one between Chile and Argentina.

Now that Lionel Messi is back in, the Argentina line up has simply got one notch stronger.

Juan Antonio Pizzi has been announced as the replacement for Jorge Sampaoli, who has left his role as the national team manager of Chile.