Chile was one of the teams considered as underdogs in this tournament considering the fact that they have not won Copa America Trophy for the last 99 years.It took this great team 120 minutes to witness it’s first ever continental trophy.
Alexis Sanchez scored the game-winning penalty to give Chile a 4-1 advantage, after Gonzalo Higuain aimed at the sky for Argentina and his teammate Ever Banega’s penalty was saved by Claudio Bravo. Lionel Messi was the only
Argentine to convert his penalty in the shoot-out.
Matias Fernandez, Arturo Vidal and Charles Aranguiz all netted for Chile before Sanchez’s winner.