Chile bate Argentina nos pênaltis e ganha o primeiro título da Copa América de 2015

Predefinição:Date Predefinição:Football On Saturday, host nation Chile defeated Argentina 4–1 over penalties in the 2015 Predefinição:Translation note, which was held in Estadio Nacional located in the Chilean city of Santiago, to clinch the title for the very first time.

File photo of Alexis Sanchez, who scored the winning penalty of the tournament. Predefinição:Image

The first half saw 3 yellow cards. In total, both halves, 49 fouls were committed. Nobody scored in the first half of the match. Chile had 57% possession of the ball. The second half saw 4 yellow cards, but neither team could find the net. Since the second half ended in 0–0, the match proceeded to extra time. Gonzalo Higuaín missed some chances to score a goal for Argentina. Argentina has not won any major trophy in the past 22 years.

Chile began the penalty-shootout. Chilean players converted each penalty kick into goal, whereas except for FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi, no other Argentine could score a penalty. Misses by Higuaín and Banega turned out to be costly for Argentina and the final strike by Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez sealed the victory by the host nation.

Chilean captain Claudio Bravo won the golden glove trophy and Eduardo Vargas won top scorer award.

Match details

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Chile

Argentina

GK 1 Claudio Bravo (c) 5 Francisco Silva 24' 21 Marcelo Díaz 44' 17 Gary Medel 34' 4 Mauricio Isla 20 Charles Aránguiz 86' 8 Arturo Vidal 15 Jean Beausejour 10 Jorge Valdivia 75' 11 Eduardo Vargas 95' 7 Alexis Sánchez Substitutions: 14 Matías Fernández 75' 22 Ángelo Henríquez 95' Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

GK 1 Sergio Romero 4 Pablo Zabaleta 15 Martín Demichelis 17 Nicolás Otamendi 16 Marcos Rojo 55' 6 Lucas Biglia 14 Javier Mascherano  55' 21 Javier Pastore 81' 10 Lionel Messi (c) 11 Sergio Agüero 74' 7 Ángel Di María 29' Substitutions: 22 Ezequiel Lavezzi 29' 9 Gonzalo Higuaín 74' 19 Éver Banega 91'   81' Manager: Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match: Arturo Vidal (Chile) Assistant referees: Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia) Fourth official: José Argote (Venezuela) Fifth official: Christian Lescano (Ecuador)

Sources

• Tim Hill Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties – as it happened The Guardian July 5, 2015
• Phil Dawkes Agentina 0-0 Chile (1-4 on pens) BBC Sport July 5 ,2015
• World Match Centre - FIFA.com FIFA July 4, 2015
• Tom Webber Vidal named MasterCard Man of the Match in Copa América final win [[w:{{{pub}}}|{{{pub}}}]] July 4, 2015
• HTML Centre CONMEBOL July 4, 2015
• {{{author}}} Árbitros designados para la gran final de la Copa América [[w:{{{pub}}}|{{{pub}}}]] July 1, 2015