Chile was before beginning the Glass America one of the big favourites to do with the tournament. The ones of Reinaldo Rueda, this yes, had not given the best feelings until the moment and there were some doubts regarding his exert in the quarter-finals against Colombia. The Chileans dissipated them all when winning in the batch of penaltis to the Colombians after a tie without goals at the end of the 90 minutes.
Alexis Sánchez decided the batch with the fifth and last launching and gave him the victory and the pass to the 'semis' to his. Chile expects already rival, that will go out between Uruguay and Peru, that play the another crossing of chambers. The ones of Rueda showed in front of Colombia that with his intensity and his know do are very difficult to win and already have presented his candidature to heave the Glass.
Although the forward of the Manchester United was the big hero, Arturo Vidal also marked his penalti in the batch and was key for the triumph. The midfield player of the FC Barcelona did a remarkable crash that topped marking one of the five penaltis that allowed him to Chile happen to semifinals of the tournament suramericano.
The ex of the Juventus or of the Bayern of Munich was far to have a brilliant performance, but yes was so intense as always and his work in defence and going out with balloon was very important for his. It was the leader of the centre of the field of the ones of Rueda and the first in going out to the pressure if it was necessary to do it.
Besides, Vidal marked a so much that the VAR finished him cancelling. It was in the second part, in the minute 70, but the videoarbitraje checked that Maripán, the man that gave him the assistance, controlled with the hand before happening him the balloon. A pity, since it had been a brooch of gold to his party and a beautiful way to put to his country in semifinals.
The statistics of the party of Vidal
With the numbers in the hand also was a remarkable crash of the mediocentro. It hit in 84% of his passes, giving a total of 54, and won ten of the 22 duels that had along the 90 minutes. In defence was very active and cleared the balloon in three occasions. The worst of his performance were the 14 losses that did.