 At Chile they achieved the qualification to the 2014 World Cup finals and the first ever Copa América title in the country’s history.In 2015, they resigned from the Chile national team amid the FIFA corruption case where they were involved alongside Federation’s president Sergio Jadue.On 11 January 2016, after putting an agreed end to his years as assistant coach of Sampaoli, Universidad de Chile signed him as first-team coach, replacing former coach Martín Lasarte.