Hosts Chile won the Copa America thanks to a 4-1 penalty shoot-out success over Argentina after the final ended goalless.<\/p>\n
Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez dinked home the winning penalty after both Gonzalo Higuain and Ever Banega had missed from the spot for the tournament favourites.<\/p>\n
Higuain blazed over while Banega’s effort was saved by Chile keeper Claudio Bravo.<\/p>\n
Lionel Messi was the only man to score for the Argentines who had earlier missed a golden chance to claim victory in the dying seconds of normal time.<\/p>\n
They broke on their hosts in Santiago but when the ball was fired into the box, Higuain, who also missed a glorious chance in last year’s World Cup final when the score was 0-0, could only hit the side netting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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