No major surprises in Chile's pre-World Cup squad

May 12, 2010, 1:56 GMT

Santiago - Chile's provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup delivered few surprises Tuesday and featured mostly the players who helped Chile qualify for the tournament.

The exception was midfielder Jaime Valdes of Italian club Atalanta, who did not play in the qualifiers but was included by Chile's Argentine-born coach Marcelo Bielsa as a candidate to play in the World Cup.

Bielsa will be required to name a 23-man squad by May 17.

Chile are scheduled to open against Honduras on June 16 in Nelspruit, South Africa. Their remaining rivals in Group H are Spain and Switzerland.

Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad, Spain), Miguel Pinto (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Luis Marin (Union Espanola, Chile).

Defenders: Waldo Ponce (Universidad Catolica, Chile), Gonzalo Jara (West Bromwich Albion, England), Gary Medel (Boca Juniors, Argentina), Mauricio Isla (Udinese, Italy), Arturo Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Pablo Contreras (PAOK Salonica, Greece), Ismael Fuentes (Universidad Catolica, Chile), Roberto Cereceda (Colo Colo, Chile).

Midfielders: Marco Estrada (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Carlos Carmona (Reggina, Italy), Rodrigo Millar (Colo Colo, Chile), Jorge Valdivia (Al Ain, UAE), Matias Fernandez (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Jean Beausejour (America, Mexico), Pedro Morales (Dynamo Zagreb, Croatia), Jose Pedro Fuenzalida (Colo Colo, Chile), Gonzalo Fierro (Flamengo, Brazil), Charles Aranguiz (Colo Colo, Chile), Manuel Iturra (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Rodrigo Tello (Besiktas, Turkey).

Strikers: Humberto Suazo (Zaragoza, Spain), Alexis Sanchez (Udinese, Italy), Mark Gonzalez (CSKA, Russia), Fabian Orellana (Xerez, Spain), Hector Mancilla (Toluca, Mexico), Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo, Chile), Jaime Valdes (Atalanta, Italy).