Chile coach says Vidal won’t be suspended
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MIDFIELDER Arturo Vidal will not be suspended from Chile’s Copa America squad despite being charged with drunk driving following a car crash, coach Jorge Sampaoli said.
“He made a mistake that isn’t such a determining factor as to exclude him,” Sampaoli told a news conference at Chile’s training camp in Santiago. “What we need is to include him.”
Chile faces Bolivia today in a Group A match.
The midfielder was banned from driving for four months by a Chilean judge on Wednesday after he crashed his Ferrari.
Sampaoli said he couldn’t control what players did in “their rest time.”
Vidal, known as “King Arthur” in Chile, appeared in court on Wednesday after being held overnight in a local jail. He suffered minor injuries in the crash, as did his wife, who was a passenger.
“I want to say I’m sorry to my teammates, to the coaching staff, to the people — to the entire country,” Vidal said. “I want to say I’m sorry, too, to the other people involved in an accident that was my fault.”
The court said Vidal showed 1.21 grams of alcohol in his blood per liter. Any level above 0.8 can be punished by up to three year in prison. Vidal scored twice on Monday in Chile’s 3-3 draw with Mexico.
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