JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON THE EXPLOITS OF BLACKBURN ROVERS STRIKER BEN BRERETON IN SOUTH AMERICA...

What a feeling! Ben Brereton is mobbed after scoring Chile’s winner against Bolivia and, below, manager Martin Lasarte

IT WAS one of the more unlikely stories of the summer – Blackburn Rovers’ Stoke-born forward Ben Brereton playing for Chile in the Copa America.
The 22-year-old had previously played for England’s U19s and U20s, but decided to switch his allegiances to Chile, the country where his mum Andrea hails from.
After winning back-to-back Copa Americas in 2015 and 2016, La Roja’s ...