Arturo Vidal starts for Chile when they face Australia this evening, despite having knee surgery last month.
The Juventus midfielder went under the knife for meniscus damage in May, but has been deemed fit enough to play tonight.
The South American’s will be looking to get their Group B campaign off to a winning start, and will do so with Barcelona striker Alexis Sanchez, Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and Valencia’s Eduardo Vargas all in the XI.
The Oceania nation meanwhile, will rely upon the veteran midfielder Tim Cahill.
Chile: Bravo (c), Mena, Isla, Sanchez, Vidal, Valdivia, Vargas, Medel, Jara, Aranguiz, Diaz
Australia: Ryan, Franjic, Davidson, Cahill, Milligan, Spiranovic, Leckie, Oar, Jedinak (c), Wilkinson, Bresciano
