During the day on Tuesday afternoon, Sifup confirmed the strike of the players due to the opposition of having 6 foreigners within the squad and going down to 5 as had been the case in recent years.

A decision that could be seen coming and that had only four votes against as reported by the newspaper La Tercera. Precisely the captain of Ñublense along with that of the Universidad de Chile, Unión La Calera and Coquimbo Unidos opposed the strike, which was supported by all the rest of the teams and which keeps the start of the National Championship that was agreed for Friday the 16th up. February and where the “Red” will face Coquimbo Kingdom.

Despite this, the ANFP called for a new meeting of presidents to be held next week and where they will seek to revoke the measure and reach a consensus to return to the 5 foreigners allowed and thus begin the tournament normally.

And in this decision, President Sergio Gioino will have the key word, because in the last council, the mayor of the Chillanejo team refused to vote against or in favor, allowing the rule to remain in force.

For the next meeting, 10 votes in favor of the 5 foreigners are needed for the measure to be modified, which is why Ñublense, Universidad de Chile or Huachipato will have to change their opinion if they want the tournament to develop normally.

According to national media there were already conversations with the blues and the current Chilean Soccer champion

It should be noted that Mario Salas’ squad already has five foreign players. The Uruguayan Nicola Pérez and the Argentines Lautaro Pignata, Ismael Sosa, Gabriel Graciani and Emanuel Herrera.