Chile has defeated Argentina 4-1 on penalties in a super-charged match for their first international title. This spectacular win ends Chile’s 99-year wait for a Copa America crown. Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez struck the winning spot-kick for Chile, as the hosts clinched a 4-1 shootout victory when the game ended goalless after extra time. Chile’s win was its first victory over Argentina in the Copa America.

It is another crushing loss for Lionel Messi, almost a year after Argentina lost the World Cup final to Germany in Brazil.

Tidbits

• The Copa América is an international football competition contested between the men’s national football teams of CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation.
• The tournament determines the continental champion of South America.
• It is the oldest international continental football competition
• The Copa América is one of the most prestigious and most widely viewed sporting events in the world.
• Uruguay won the Copa America Cup for maximum times (15 times), followed by Argentina (14 times), and Brazil (8 times).