Chile surpasses to Colombia in the batch of penaltis and already is in semifinals (0-0, 4-5)

Chile went back to show po enésima time that there are few selections in the world with his competitive gene and with his capacity to surrender to his best level in the most important appointments. The Chileans threw of experience and of cold blood to delete in the batch of penaltis to a Colombia that split like favourite. The meeting finish 0-0 at the end of the 90 minutes and Alexis Sánchez decided the batch with the fifth and last launching to put to his in semifinals.

The ones of Reinaldo Rueda began with better foot in the party and attained to hold the pressure of Colombia in the start. The ones of Carlos Queiroz were being the best of the tournament to date, but in these quarter-finals did not have his night. The Chileans desconectaron to James Rodríguez and without the mediapunta to the Colombians cost them a lot find his rhythm of game.

The Chileans were better in the first-half and even marked a goal that the VAR finish cancelling by offside previous. But this no desconcentró to the ones of Rueda, that continued with his work and with the plan established. Colombia approached very little to the area of Chile and only with a kickoff of corner of James created real danger. Yerry Mina finished and was near to mark the first goal of the crash.

James Rodríguez attained to remove something the pressure of on and after the rest was not far to mark the 1-0, but his shot was cut across by the put Chilean. The push 'cafetero' did not last too much and Chile went back to take the reins of the party quickly. Arturo Vidal, in fact, marked the one who was the first of the meeting, but the VAR went back to play him a bad past to the Chileans and cancelled the target by previous hand of Maripán.

Eduardo Vargas was near to mark the goal of the Glass America to fault of little less than ten minutes for the end, but his vaselina did not finish going in and Ospina saved to his selection. That was the last big occasion of a meeting that had more intensity that play. It arrived like this to the batch of penaltis, where would decide the name of another of the semifinalists.

Alexis Sánchez decided

Alexis has completed an abysmal season in the Arsenal, but with Chile is being decisive and is playing to big level. After James, Cardona, Squared and Yerry Mina marked by Colombia and Arturo Vidal, Vargas, Thumb and Aránguiz annotated by the Chileans, arrived the turn of a Tesillo that launched the balloon went. Alexis did not fail in this last penalti and put of this way to the ones of Reinaldo Films in semifinals. Chile will struggle by the Glass America and predictably will play with Uruguay a place in the big final.