Edson Castillo will return to Kaizer Chiefs from international duty having failed to earn any minutes despite travelling long distances to Brazil and Venezuela.
After having been out of contention for two years, Castillo was a late call up for the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Venezuela coming as a replacement for Jesus Bueno.
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With the start to his career at Chiefs giving so much on this part of the South Atlantic Ocean, it was expected that Argentine coach Fernando Batista will find minutes for Castillo.
Castillo has been a standout performer for AmaKhosi since arriving from Monangas SC playing every minute of all but two of the club's 12 games to date under Molefi Ntseki with a return of four goals.
However, his travels to South Americans left him a mere passenger after he wasn't included in the match day squad for the massive 1-1 away draw against Brazil.
Then on Tuesday night, back in familiar territory at the Estadio Monumental de Maturin in Venezuela it was hoped that he would feature but again wasn't even named in the squad as the host won 3-0 against Chile.
However, the 29-year-old again had to watch from the stands as the menacing Yeferson Soteldo opening the scoring before veteran forward Salmon Rondon added with Darwin Machis adding the third in front of 52 000 partisan fans.
Having now failed to earn his seventh senior cap, Castillo will take the long flight back to Johannesburg for Chiefs next match against AmaZulu in the Carling Knockout Cup on Saturday.
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As Castillo makes the cross Atlantic trip back to club duty, Venezuela is in jubilation having moved fourth on the standings tied with Brazil and Uruguay in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers after four games.
Another 14 games remain but Venezuela now have hope that they could qualify for their first ever World Cup and dispose the tag of being the only South American country that has never been to the global showcase.
The top six in the CONMEBOL qualifiers go through while number seven goes into the inter-continental play-offs.
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