Copa America 2015: Chile 0-0 Argentina (4-1 after penalties): 5 talking points
Chile created history by winning their first ever Copa America title beating ArgentinaIt’s finally over and Chile have won the 2015 Copa America. The host nation Chile have finally ended their 99-year wait to be crowned the South American Champions! The final saw itself going into the penalty shootout when either of the teams failed to score in the regular 90 minutes and the 30 minutes of extra time. After both teams had tucked in their first spot-kick comfortably, Higuain sent Argentina’s hopes crashing by sending his kick flying over the crossbar.A save from the Chile captain Claudio Bravo off Ever Banega’s spo-tkick meant winning the title came down to Alexis Sanchez scoring Chile’s fourth penalty, which he did in style by scoring a perfect Panenka down the middle.Here are the major talking points from the game.
#1 Bravo gets the better of Messi
This clash was always being pitted as Lionel Messi against Claudio Bravo - the tip and the bottom of Barcelona’s championship winning lineup captaining their national sides for the ultimate continental glory. Both of them very much instrumental in Barcelona’s La Liga victory this season, it was always going to be interesting to watch them take a go at each other.
But the match didn’t go exactly as expected. Messi barely got touches on the ball, let alone be a threat on the goal. The only few chances Argentina had were safely put aside by captain cool inside the bars. Messi did score against Bravo during the shootout but that just wasn’t enough.
It was Bravo who had the last laugh when he lifted the Copa America 2015 trophy after saving Ever Banega’s spot-kick with much ease.