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- ↑ "Hubo lugar para dos". La Gaceta (in Spanish). 1 September 2013.
- ↑ "Cambian de color". La Gaceta (in Spanish). 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Argentina arrolló a Chile". Ámbito (in Spanish). 2 May 2013.