Chile beats Argentina to win first Copa America title

Monday, July 6, 2015

On Saturday, host nation Chile defeated Argentina 4–1 over penalties in the 2015 Copa América ^{((en))Spanish language: ‍America Cup}, which was held in Estadio Nacional located in the Chilean city of Santiago, to clinch the title for the very first time.

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.

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Match details

July 4, 2015 17:00 CLT (UTC−3)
	^Chile	^0–0 4-1 (penalties)	^Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Fernández Vidal Aránguiz Sánchez		Messi Higuaín Banega





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" — Copa América, July 4, 2015
"HTML Centre" — CONMEBOL, July 4, 2015 (Spanish)
"Árbitros designados para la gran final de la Copa América" — CONMEBOL, July 1, 2015 (Spanish)

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