Chile Beat Argentina To Win Copa America For First Time
Argentina Face Chile In History-Rich Copa America Final
02 Jul 2015
Helping Mothers In Chile Connect With Their Premature Babies
03 Sep 2015
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile won the Copa America for the first time on Saturday when a cheeky penalty from Alexis Sanchez clinched a shootout victory over Argentina and glory for the host nation’s golden generation in front of their own fans.
The two sides were deadlocked 0-0 after 90 minutes and when another half an hour of extra time failed to produce a goal, the contest was destined to be decided by penalties. Lionel Messi stepped up to score Argentina’s first spot kick but, as the first three Chileans converted unerringly, Gonzalo Higuain and Ever Banega missed.
That left the stage set for forward Sanchez, who made up for a quiet game by dinking the ball into Sergio Romero’s net to send the capacity crowd at Santiago’s National Stadium into raptures.
“Our whole idea was to win something, we knew that this was the moment,” goalkeeper Claudio Bravo told reporters.
