Chile's Arturo Vidal reverses retirement decision

Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal says that he is no longer retiring from international football.

By Mark Langshaw, Reporter | 12 October 2017

Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal has backtracked on his decision to retire from international football.

The Bayern Munich star said that he had played his last match for the national team after they failed to reach the 2018 World Cup finals, but has since admitted to a change of heart on Twitter.

"It is tough. But this is not the end of anything," Vidal tweeted.

"Not the end of a generation, nor this team nor least the end of our dreams. We have much to fight for, much to give, a lot of joy ahead.

"This is a very difficult time, and here we will see who's strongest. Chile is a team of warriors, I feel proud to belong to this squad. And I will not abandon them. We will go together to the end.

"Every time I am called I will be available for my national team. Our national team."

Vidal has 99 caps for the Chile national team.

amp_article__309421 : Database Data restored...  : 

last updated article - 2017-10-14 12:12:42: 

html db last update  - 2021-03-09 02:10:15 : 


ex  - 7200 : read : read cache amp html

Click here for more stories about Arturo Vidal

Click here for more stories about Bayern Munich

Share this article now:

Read more about Arturo Vidal Football

Follow @SportsMole for the latest breaking news stories, and follow @sm_headlines to get every headline from Sports Mole

Recommended Next on SM

Vidal retires from international football	Man United 'draw up three-man shortlist of Rashford replacements'
Preview: Mirra Andreeva vs. Aryna Sabalenka - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Bayer Leverkusen B. Leverkusen	31	25	6	0	77	22	55	81
2	Bayern Munich Bayern	31	22	3	6	89	38	51	69
3	Stuttgart	31	20	4	7	70	38	32	64
4	RB Leipzig	31	19	5	7	73	35	38	62
5	Borussia Dortmund Dortmund	31	16	9	6	59	39	20	57
6	Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt	31	11	12	8	47	42	5	45
7	Freiburg	31	11	7	13	43	55	-12	40
8	Augsburg	31	10	9	12	48	52	-4	39
9	Hoffenheim	31	11	6	14	55	63	-8	39
10	Heidenheim	31	9	10	12	44	52	-8	37
11	Werder Bremen	31	10	7	14	41	50	-9	37
12	Wolfsburg	31	9	7	15	37	51	-14	34
13	Borussia Monchengladbach Borussia M'bach	31	7	11	13	53	60	-7	32
14	Union Berlin Union Berlin	31	8	6	17	26	50	-24	30
15	VfL Bochum VfL Bochum	31	6	12	13	37	62	-25	30
16	Mainz 05 Mainz	31	5	13	13	32	49	-17	28
17	FC Koln	31	4	11	16	24	54	-30	23
R	SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt	31	3	8	20	30	73	-43	17