On June 19, in the second match of the day at the famous stadium in Rio de Janeiro "Maracana", the decisive match for the Spanish national team to continue the fight at the World Cup took place. The opponents of the current world champions were the unyielding Chileans.
The Spanish national team, which lost the opening match of the championship to the Netherlands (1 - 5), had no right to make a mistake in the duel with the Chileans. The head coach of the "red fury" made a number of changes in the starting lineup of the team. In particular, there was no place at the base of the famous midfielder Xavi. The Spaniards needed a victory to continue the struggle to get out of the group.
The match began with a dangerous attack from the South Americans, but there was no quick goal. The Spaniards responded with a poignant moment, but the goalkeeper rescued the Chilean national team. On the 20th minute of the meeting, the Spanish players, after losing the ball in the center of the field, received a quick counterattack on their own goal, the result of which was the ball by Eduardo Vargas. The Chile national team took the lead, but at that time it seemed that this did not provide anything to the South Americans.
A few minutes later, Diego Costa was hitting at close range on goal, but missed the target. And then Spain got the second goal into their own net. At the end of the first half, Alexis Sanchez struck a free kick, but Casillas was rescued. However, the ball bounced to Chile's player Charles Arangis, who shot from his toe to the goal. It was 44 minutes in the half, and the Chileans took the lead 2 - 0. The first half of the meeting was over.
In the second game segment, the Spaniards rushed to attack. Busquets had a great chance, but he managed not to hit the almost empty goal from several meters. The Chileans, on the other hand, did not even think about attacking in the first half of the second half, but kept the defense. It must be admitted that the South Americans did it. Spain has not created as much as its fans would like.
After 70 minutes, the Chileans began to make rare counterattacks. In one of them, Mauricio Isla could "kill" the whole intrigue. However, the Juventus player was unable to complete the pass. Isla slid into the tackle after the ball and shot above the empty corner of the goal. After that, the Spaniards continued to attack in agony, inflicted long-range shots, but Chile's goalkeeper Bravo did not allow the ball to cross the goal line.
The final score of 2 - 0 in Chile's favor allows the Spaniards to start packing their bags and preparing to fly home. The South Americans are catching up with the Dutch and in the match of the third round they will play for the first place in group B. So far, Chile and the Netherlands have 6 points each.
