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Argentina s Lucas Biglia, left, challenges Chile s Jorge Valdivia, right, during the Copa America 2015 final soccer match between Chile and Argentina at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile, 4 July 2015. It only took one second for Chile to erase more than a century¡¯s worth of distinguished but ultimately fruitless soccer. The long wait for international glory is finally over. Argentina¡¯s goes on agonizingly longer. Alexis Sanchez¡¯s tranquil penalty finished off Argentina 4-1 in a shootout and won the 2015 Copa America for Chile in Santiago. Chile played its first international match Länderspiel in 1910, and before Saturday, a third-place finish at the 1962 World Cup and a handful of runner-up finishes at the Copa America represented the nation¡¯s most notable performances. A full 90 minutes and two periods of extra time weren¡¯t enough to break the scoreless deadlock between Chile and the favored Argentines on Saturday. Matias Fernandez and Lionel Messi opened the shootout by scoring their penalties, and Chile¡¯s Arturo Vidal fired home a hard shot into the lower left-hand corner despite Sergio Romero getting a hand on it. Gonzalo Higuain missed high with his penalty and after Charles Aranguiz scored, Ever Banega¡¯s penalty was saved by Chilean keeper Claudio Bravo, handing Sanchez the opportunity to make history. Chile wins Copa America on penalties as Messi, Argentina come up short again pbu298895_13
