Chile stormed into the Copa America finals with a convincing 2-0 win over rivals Columbia.
The defending champions advanced to a repeat of last year’s final on Monday after a whirlwind start left Colombia chasing the game. The weather-disrupted semi-final that took four hours, 15 minutes to complete.
Chile, who had destroyed Mexico 7-0 in the quarter-finals on Saturday, picked up where they left off, scoring twice in the opening 11 minutes to take a grip on the contest.
Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Charles Aranguiz opened the scoring in the seventh minute before Jose Pedro Fuenzalida made it 2-0 after 11 minutes.
But the explosive start to the contest was overshadowed by the intervention of Mother Nature at halftime, as a powerful electrical thunderstorm rolled into downtown Chicago and halted play.
The closing stages of the game descended into a niggly encounter, with referee Chicas Aguilar of El Salvador eventually issuing eight yellow cards and one red.
The final of the Copa America is set to be a tantalizing affair with Chile looking to defend its title and Argentina searching amends for last year’s mistakes. It will be a monumental game for Argentina captain Lionel Messi who is looking for a major title for his home country. You can watch this game exclusively on StarTimes World Football Channel 254.
While watching, you stand the chance to win big by taking a Selfie of you and your friends watching the live matches and posting on the StarTimes fan-page.
StarTimes is the only channel with exclusive rights to the on-going Copa America tournament that concludes early on Monday morning.
