See How Sanchez Stole The Golden Ball From Messi

See How Sanchez Stole The Golden Ball From Messi

Defending champions Chile made it back-to-back wins with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out victory over Argentina following a goalless 120 minutes in Sunday’s final in New Jersey.

Following Chile's victory, Alexis received the Golden Ball award as the best player in the tournament where he scored three goals and had four assists.


Chile captain and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo took the Golden Glove for a second consecutive year.

Bravo produced a stunning save to thwart Sergio Aguero in the second half of extra time and the Barca keeper denied Lucas Biglia from the spot to allow Francisco Silva to convert the winning penalty.

The 33-year-old shot-stopper – Chile’s most capped player with 106 – kept three clean sheets in this year’s edition of the Copa America.

Meanwhile, Chile forward Eduardo Vargas won the Golden Boot, having topped the goalscoring charts with six.

Argentina was awarded the fair play award which goalkeeper Sergio Romero went to receive instead of captain Lionel Messi.

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A photo posted by Alexis Sanchez (@alexis_officia1) on Jun 26, 2016 at 9:46pm PDT

No tengo Palabras. Solo agradecer a mis compañeros y toda la gente que nos apoyó 😢😭🏆🏆⚽️🇨🇱 ... Ahora chilenos, a disfrutar .

A photo posted by Alexis Sanchez (@alexis_officia1) on Jun 26, 2016 at 10:34pm PDT