Argentina and Chile meet in second consecutive Copa America final on Sunday night, 26th June and it turned out another competitive game at the Met Life Stadium. Both camps complained just before the kickoff about a very narrow pitch, regardless match went ahead and both teams took the game to each other. Some feisty challengers early on set the tone and referee to take control of the game. Marcelo Diaz saw his second yellow in 28th minute and got sent off leaving Chile to play around 60 minutes with 10 men but Argentina missed a couple of chances before Marcus Rojo also got sent off with a straight red.
Neither team could break the deadlock as we moved to penalties and Chile went on to win 4-2 beating Argentina in the final 2nd time in as many years.
Gonzalo Higuain missed a sitter in first half after a break away move and that was one of several chances for Argentina to take the lead before both teams got 1 player sent off.
Chile 0-0 Argentina Video Highlights
Chile 0-0 Argentina Video Highlights
Penalties
Lionel Messi was closely marshaled throughout the game by Chile defense as he failed to live up to his usual standards. He also missed the penalty in shoot-out handing advantage to Chile.
Heber Lopes the final match referee lost the plot and the control over the game in early stages as the tackles flew in. From than on it was just matter of minutes when one of the teams were going to see the red.
That's exactly what happened as Marcelo Diaz saw two yellow in matter of 15 minutes while Marcus Rojon was got a straight red just before the break.
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