The Chilean national team has selected a very decent and high-quality squad for the 2014 Football World Cup tournament. Many football experts expected the Chileans to play bright and memorable at the tournament.
The Chileans were drawn to get into one of the death groups at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Chilean players played their group matches in Quartet B with teams from Spain, the Netherlands and Australia.
The Chilean footballers played their first match with the Australian national team. The confident victory of the South Americans with a score of 3 - 1 showed the whole world that the Chileans will not be easy for any championship team.
The second group match was decisive for the South Americans. They were opposed by the Spanish national team, which needed only a victory to continue the struggle for the exit from the group. The Chileans beat the Spaniards with a score of 2 - 0, showing a very high-quality and interesting football.
In the final match of the group stage, the Chilean national team lost to the Netherlands (the future bronze medalists of the championship) with a score of 0 - 2. However, the main task in the tournament was fulfilled by the Chileans - they advanced to the playoff stage of the championship from the death group.
In the 1/8 finals, the Chileans had to play with the hosts of the tournament. It is worth noting that the Brazilians did not look better and more convincing in that meeting, although it was they who won that mast, however, in a penalty shootout. The main and extra time ended in a 1 - 1 draw. In the last minute of overtime, Brazil was saved from being eliminated from the tournament by a crossbar after a strike from a Chilean forward.
The Chileans finished their performance at the championship at the stage of 1/8 finals, but we can safely say that many spectators liked this team at the tournament, and the exit from the death group was a natural result, which is regarded as positive for all Chilean fans.
