#2 Chile's wastefulness proving costly
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The back to back Copa America winners were searching for their third international trophy in as many years. They had a glorious chance against Germany to make history and were playing as confidently as anyone could in the final of a major international final. La Roja pressed with intent and created chance after chance as their through balls cut the German defence in half on numerous occasions. But they were horrible in the final third with every attacker squandering chances.
Arturo Vidal had a header that just missed the target while Charles Aranguiz hit one wide from 15 yards. Eduardo Vargas shot straight at the keeper on two occasions but the best chance of the game fell to the substitute Angelo Sagal who blasted one over the goal from six yards out.
If Chile had taken their chances well, a different storyline would have been scripted in Russia but at the end, the kids from Germany (average age in the competition less than 25) proved to be more than useful against the men from Chile (average age over 29).
