 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Musi wa 19 Chikunguru 2007, Chikwata cheBhora reChilean chakarambidza vatambi vatanhatu vechikwata chenyika, nekuda kwe kusarongeka kwemukati panguva yemutambo weCopa América, pamitambo makumi maviri yenyika imwe neimwe sezvo vakaparadza chivakwa chehotera chechikwata vachinwa. Vatambi vakarambidzwa vaiva kaputeni Jorge Valdivia, vadziviriri Álvaro Ormeño, Rodrigo Tello, Jorge Vargas, Pablo Contreras uye mutambi Reinaldo Navia. Kurega basa kwaNelson Acosta semurairidzi kwakauya mushure mekunge Chile yarohwa mu2007 Copa América. Mushure mokutamba mitambo gumi kubva pakurambidzwa, vatambi vose kunze kwaOrmeno vakatumira tsamba yekukumbira ruregerero vachiziva zviito zvavo izvo zvakasimudza kurambidzwa. Chile yakanga yakwanisa kuenda kumaquarter-finals mushure mekukunda 32 vachipesana neEcuador, uye 00 vachikwikwidza neMexico. Asi kurasikirwa kuviri, kumwe kwacho kuri kukundwa neBrazil 6-1, kwakavhara mugumo waAcosta. Aimbova maneja weArgentina Marcelo Bielsa akapihwa basa rekuva maneja wechikwata chenyika cheChile mukugadzirira makwikwi e2010 World Cup. 