World Cup 2014: Arturo Vidal included in final Chile squad Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal has been selected for Chile's 23-man World Cup squad despite struggling with a knee problem.Vidal, 26, had surgery on his right leg in early May but has been included.Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez, Cardiff's Gary Medel, Nottingham Forest's Gonzalo Jara and Wigan's Jean Beausejour are also in the squad.Chile are drawn in Group B alongside holders Spain, the Netherlands and Australia.
Striker Esteban Paredes, 33, is included despite originally being omitted from the provisional squad of 30.
Coach Jorge Sampaoli had already reduced the squad to 24 but two players from that list have now been left out - defender Marcos Gonzalez and midfielder Rodrigo Millar.
Chile face Northern Ireland in Valparaiso at 01:00 BST on Thursday in their final friendly before their first game of the World Cup, against Australia on 13 June.
Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad), Johnny Herrera (Universidad de Chile), Cristopher Toselli (Universidad Catolica)
Defenders: Gary Medel (Cardiff City), Gonzalo Jara (Nottingham Forest), Jose Rojas (Universidad de Chile), Eugenio Mena (Santos), Mauricio Isla (Juventus).
Midfielders: Jorge Valdivia (Palmeiras), Felipe Gutierrez (Twente), Jose Pedro Fuenzalida (Colo Colo), Francisco Silva (Osasuna), Arturo Vidal (Juventus),
Charles Aranguiz (Internacional), Marcelo Diaz (Basel), Carlos Carmona (Atalanta), Miiko Albornoz (Malmo).
Forwards: Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona), Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo) Eduardo Vargas (Valencia), Jean Beausejour (Wigan Athletic), Mauricio Pinilla (Cagliari), Fabian Orellana (Celta).
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World Cup 2014: Russia drop Pavel Pogrebnyak from squad Russia have dropped Reading striker Pavel Pogrebnyak from their World Cup squad, with Fabio Capello naming a domestic-based 23-man line-up.The 30-year-old had been the surprise name in Capello's initial 30-man party, having never played under the former England boss.Pogrebnyak was the only player in the original squad to play outside Russia.
Andrey Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov were also notable omissions from the provisional party.Russia, who are playing in the first World Cup finals for the first time in 12 years, face South Korea, Belgium and Algeria in Group H.
The other players dropped are defenders Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg) and Alexey Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow),
midfielders Vladimir Bystrov (Anzhi Makhachkala, on loan from Zenit St Petersburg), Yury Gazinskiy (Krasnodar) and Pavel Mogilevets, and Rostov forward Artem Dzyuba.
Rubin Kazan midfielder Mogilevets will travel to Brazil as a standby player.
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan).
Defenders: Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Andrey Eshchenko (Anzhi Makhachkala), Sergey Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexey Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Terek Grozny), Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow).
Midfielders: Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Zhirkov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexey Ionov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Victor Faizulin (Zenit St Petersburg), Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (Krasnodar).
Forwards: Maxim Kanunnikov (Amkar Perm), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow).
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