Union confirms Bolivia players' national boycott

Bolivia's players will boycott the national team's World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Peru in the next fortnight, their union Fabol said on Wednesday.

"None of those (players) called up will go to the (team's) concentration," Fabol's executive secretary Milton Melgar, a former Bolivia midfielder, told a news conference.

Fabol announced in mid-September that their members were resigning from the national team indefinitely in demand of major changes to the structure of the domestic game.

Bolivia coach Erwin Sanchez named a 22-man squad on Tuesday for the matches at home to Brazil on Oct. 11 and away to Peru on Oct. 14 and said they would gather on Thursday to begin their preparations...[source]