Chile's senior national team at the Ovni next Tuesday the 3rd

Chile's senior national team will play a friendly match against Alser BM Puerto Sagunto next Tuesday, 3 April, at 20:00. The match will serve as preparation for the Pre-Olympic Tournament, which Chile will play from 6 April against Iceland, followed by matches against Croatia and Japan. The top two teams in this tournament will qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The team managed by Fernando Capurro includes players familiar to the red-and-white supporters. Most prominent among them is FC Barcelona Intersport pivot Marco Oneto. They have also recently seen left-back Rodrigo Salinas, a key figure in BM Torrevieja's fine play. Other familiar names include the Feuchtmann brothers, especially Emil, who has often been an opponent, masterfully directing play from the centre for many teams in La Plata, such as Almoradí and neighbouring Vinaròs. The full list of pre-selected players is:

Rodrigo Díaz, Lucas Pacheco, Francisco Salazar, Guillermo Araya, Víctor Donoso, Lorenzo Petrini, Cristian Moll, Alfredo Valenzuela, Felipe Barrientos, Francisco Chacana, Felipe Maurin, Nicolás Jofre, Rodolfo Cornejo, Cristóbal del Rio, Marco Oneto, Patricio Martínez, Rodrigo Salinas, René Oliva, Erwin Feuchtmann, Emil Feutchmann and Harald Feutchman. Coach: Fernando Capurro.

This international match, the second in BM Puerto Sagunto's history against a South American senior team after Argentina's visit in 2000, has special significance for the club. Given the club's financial difficulties and the urgent need to secure the maximum additional funding for its academy, whose under-14 team has qualified and whose youth team has a chance of reaching the regional phases of the Spanish Championships, this international fixture is not included in season tickets. It costs 5 euros for members and 10 euros for non-members, with ALL PROCEEDS GOING ENTIRELY TOWARDS COVERING THE EXTRA EXPENSES ARISING FROM THE REGIONAL PHASES OF THE SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP.

The red-and-white Board therefore hopes for and relies on the understanding of its members and supporters in view of the academy's great successes, the seed of a hopeful future, and urges them to fill the Ovni, as befits an event of this international calibre and with such a worthy purpose: supporting the club's youngest players as they compete against the best clubs in Spain in their respective age categories.

Tickets can be obtained at the club headquarters and one hour before the match, next Tuesday, at the Ovni.

We look forward to seeing you all!

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.