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against Chile. We are still in the tunnel at the stadium. Your | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
commentary comes from Danny Murphy and Simon Brotherton. | :00:44. | :02:36. | |
There is the disciple of the attacking principles of Chile's | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
revered coach. Danny Murphy is alongside me | :02:41. | :03:21. | |
for this one. I am excited like everyone else | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
at home, a fantastic evening here Interesting to see how Spain set up, | :03:25. | :03:35. | |
it looks like Pedro will start on the right with Iniesta on the left | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
and David Silva in the free role. We talked about Iniesta playing that | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
free role, How long did it take you to get | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
from the studio to here? We were stuck in traffic, | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
then we were stuck in the lift and I started to worry that you would do | :03:54. | :03:55. | |
it on your own Here's Alexis Sanchez | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
playing it to Eugenio Mena. Fidel into the penalty area | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
and almost a deflection. Not far away from an own goal | :04:04. | :04:11. | |
in the first minute of the game. It was Eduardo Vargas in the thick | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
of the penalty area for Chile. A little bit of luck for Chile but | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
a nervous start for the Spanish. Chile started quickly against | :04:24. | :04:32. | |
Australia in their first match, Sanchez with the corner, | :04:33. | :04:33. | |
and the header wide of the goal. Fast start from Chile, this time | :04:34. | :04:42. | |
the header from Gonzalo Jara. Exactly what we said, Chile on the | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
front foot, looking to attack Spain. The clearance was not | :04:51. | :05:05. | |
the greatest from Iker Casillas. He conceded those five goals | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
the other day, first touch for Costa upfront the Spain, playing | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
in his native Brazil, and getting it in the ear from many in the crowd, | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
just as he did in the first game. Diaz, who is a key component | :05:19. | :05:34. | |
in the Chile side, Marcelo Diaz. He dictates much of the tempo | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
of the play. Azpilicueta of Chelsea, | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
could not quite keep it in. It is interesting how high | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
the Spanish are. The back four players are pushing | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
up high, trying to play much higher than they did in the | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
opening stages against the Dutch. Maybe their intent is | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
to start well as well. I am fascinated by David Silva | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
playing that role. I would like to see more goals | :06:09. | :06:17. | |
from him. Silva was dropped | :06:18. | :06:20. | |
and hardly appeared en route to Again, I don't know | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
if you saw Martinez and Pedro It is a worrying position | :06:26. | :06:39. | |
in the side for Spain at the moment, they don't seem to be able to find | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
a pair who can work together. Pique was one of those back in Spain | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
heavily criticised Javi Martinez, the Bayern Munich | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
player, who has not had such He does not really like | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
the role that Guardiola wants him Very quickly surrounded | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
by white shirted players. He had some surgery | :07:05. | :07:22. | |
on his knee just a month ago, he If Chile are going to do well | :07:23. | :07:31. | |
in this World Cup, they could do with the being | :07:32. | :07:41. | |
at something like his best. Alexis Sanchez is seeing | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
a good deal of the ball here Here's Silva, the player who | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
has come into the team. Vidal is coming on early to | :07:47. | :07:56. | |
join up with the strikers. It is the third time they have been | :07:57. | :08:12. | |
drawn together Spain also won 2-0 back | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
in the Maracana the last time Brazil A player who will be very familiar | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
to those in the Spanish side there, I am pleased to see Pedro starting | :08:22. | :08:33. | |
tonight, that seems to be He adds some pace and athleticism | :08:34. | :08:45. | |
to the Spanish attack. I am surprised he does not start | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
more games for Barcelona as well. He needs to get more end | :08:53. | :08:54. | |
product into his game, as well. Not much room to work in but he will | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
be happy to settle for the throw. First touch for Iniesta, | :09:03. | :09:15. | |
he was looking for Pedro, Diaz who just sits in front | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
of those defenders. Eduardo Vargas will chase, | :09:23. | :09:31. | |
but it is easy for Iker Casillas. A lot of focus on him | :09:32. | :09:45. | |
after the first match and those five goals, but no surprise, I think, | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
that del Bosque stuck with him. Yes, | :09:50. | :09:57. | |
I think you sometimes need that from There is a myth about an ageing | :09:58. | :09:59. | |
Spanish side, there are only two It is the same with the Chile side, | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
they have no players apart from the goalkeeper over 30 | :10:06. | :10:14. | |
in the first 11 tonight. Iniesta trying to get away | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
from Diaz, but he can't. Silva has got Jordi | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
Alba outside him. Iniesta fouled under | :10:23. | :10:35. | |
the referee's nose. There is a lot of talk | :10:36. | :10:56. | |
about the Chilean formation. I am just looking at Vargas, | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
he seems to be pulling out left, It is a bit unbalanced but it | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
allows them to bomb on a bit more. We will see how that develops | :11:07. | :11:16. | |
about the course of the first half. A real opportunity | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
for Spain to put the ball into the Busquets up for this one, | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
Sergio Ramos going for the header. We have seen him score | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
a few over the seasons. Including in the Champions League | :11:32. | :11:33. | |
final. You look around the Chilean side, | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
there is not much height. We talked about it earlier, | :11:40. | :11:41. | |
from set plays Spain will have to They still have more power | :11:42. | :11:44. | |
in the air than Chile. Xabi Alonso needs to get | :11:45. | :11:54. | |
his deliveries better than that. Bravo put under a little bit | :11:55. | :11:56. | |
of pressure with that ball. An excellent game against England | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
last November, he is good with his And there is time for Mauricio Isla | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
to get the ball away. Despite that early semi-wobble | :12:06. | :12:19. | |
in the first minute or two. It is a good tempo, | :12:20. | :12:46. | |
both teams trying press quite high. It is a big pitch, which means they | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
won't be able to do that all game, of course, but the intent is there | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
from the both sides to win the game. That is the thing with Chile, | :12:54. | :12:56. | |
any match they play will have quite a high tempo, because that is just | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
the way they play. Also, the temperatures have | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
dropped from this morning. I say nice, in comparison to some | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
of the games I have been to. Bright sunshine earlier on, but it | :13:09. | :13:18. | |
has clouded over above the stadium. Not such | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
a good ball through to David Silva. The throw given the way of Chile | :13:24. | :13:33. | |
by a deflection off Azpilicueta. We have spoken a lot about Vidal | :13:34. | :13:59. | |
and also Sanchez, but Vargas is worth watching as well, | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
the number 11 for Chile, tonight. Three years ago he finished second | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
to Neymar in the He got a move to Italy, | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
which has not worked out to him so. He is certainly a talented player, | :14:11. | :14:27. | |
that is for sure, Xabi Alonso has scored | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
from the penalty spot for Spain He was sailing along quite well | :14:33. | :14:36. | |
at the time in the game. I only saw the first 30 minutes, | :14:37. | :14:45. | |
I was getting on a flight, and they If they had got the second goal, it | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
could have been a different game. That is why I am not | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
in complete agreement with people writing off Spain, | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
because of one horrible result where They have to respond tonight, | :15:01. | :15:01. | |
and shut the critics up, because they have some big players and they | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
know to deal with the big occasion. Good play by Sanchez initially, | :15:08. | :15:25. | |
hustling and bustling, This is better from Spain, | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
moving it around well, They are pressing again, | :15:29. | :15:46. | |
both teams pressing. Pedro, Silva, coming in and | :15:47. | :16:00. | |
making the foul was Arturo Vidal. Fantastic tempo | :16:01. | :16:09. | |
in the early stages of the game. A real work ethic from both sides | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
to win that ball back high up. With the set play, what we have | :16:21. | :16:33. | |
talked about, a good delivery is Well, | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
they certainly have the players more Usually a very good set play taker, | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
he will be disappointed with The first hint of frustration | :16:42. | :17:06. | |
from del Bosque. If the ball is anywhere near the | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
back post on a set play, he will be Diaz, here comes Spain now, | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
it is with Diego Costa, he is Just behind David Silva, | :17:20. | :17:36. | |
Iniesta will keep it in. Trying to slide it through, Pedro, | :17:37. | :17:48. | |
the flag goes up on the near side! I thought Costa could have taken | :17:49. | :18:10. | |
the shot early. Claudio Bravo receiving some | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
treatment Prior to this, Diego Costa, | :18:18. | :18:28. | |
when he broke away, he got the ball and he dummied to shoot three, four, | :18:29. | :18:40. | |
five times and he took him It doesn't look | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
like he's quite got the sharpness. He finished | :18:45. | :18:49. | |
the season with that injury. He had the two false starts | :18:50. | :18:51. | |
at the end of the season, Simeone was desperate to include | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
him, the Atletico Madrid coach. Maybe Del Bosque would | :18:55. | :19:06. | |
have changed it. Fernando Torres did | :19:07. | :19:08. | |
the media conference at the stadium yesterday with | :19:09. | :19:19. | |
Iniesta, so a number of the Spanish press were wondering whether that | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
meant that he might start the game. A bit of kidology from del Bosque, | :19:26. | :19:29. | |
to keep the Chileans guessing. Mauricio Isla is a bit-part | :19:30. | :19:41. | |
player for his club side. They tell me they nickname him | :19:42. | :19:50. | |
"Forrest Gump" because of his What a season Azpilicueta has had | :19:51. | :19:57. | |
with Chelsea, mostly at left-back, of course, with Jordi Alba occupying | :19:58. | :20:24. | |
that role for Spain at the moment. That is not a bad idea | :20:25. | :20:38. | |
from Chile to play a few long balls We know that | :20:39. | :20:45. | |
the two central defenders for Spain It doesn't always have | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
to be perfect football. Isla will continue the run, | :20:51. | :21:06. | |
but won't quite get there. When they were playing out | :21:07. | :21:15. | |
of the back, the two wing-backs are so high, | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
they are nearly playing five men up It's a gung ho type of formation | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
and attitude, which is brave. It will be interesting to see | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
how long it takes for the Spanish It really is a cavalier approach | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
playing that high up when they are It does leave them vulnerable | :21:34. | :21:42. | |
at times. Diego Costa getting | :21:43. | :21:45. | |
his head to that one. Vidal is a focal point of the Chile | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
line-up. Didn't fall to Ramos, | :21:51. | :22:16. | |
the interception by Alexis Sanchez. He is away from Casillas and Chile | :22:17. | :22:23. | |
strike first! Expertly dispatched into the back | :22:24. | :22:30. | |
of the net by Eduardo Vargas! Listen to the roar | :22:31. | :22:40. | |
inside the Maracana. A short ball, intercepted, | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
a lovely pass inside, good feet here, clever pass and to | :22:47. | :23:01. | |
have the awareness to find Vargas. I think it was - I can't | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
quite see who it was. Superb goal and it was created | :23:07. | :23:11. | |
by Aranguiz. Usually, as a midfield player - | :23:12. | :23:20. | |
and I can tell you from experience - They haven't been | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
in the box that much. It is a great goal, | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
but it is sloppy play again. The two best chances we have seen | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
from either side have been when they have lost possession in | :23:37. | :23:38. | |
their own third, defensive third. There is a cracking atmosphere | :23:39. | :23:42. | |
inside this stadium. But there was some true | :23:43. | :23:43. | |
composure there from Chile. A reminder, if you have just tuned | :23:44. | :23:53. | |
in, if Chile win this game, No matter what happens in their | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
final match against Australia. I think I am going to | :23:58. | :24:08. | |
stop predicting results. Just a little way short of the | :24:09. | :24:10. | |
mid-way point of the first half. Should have followed Thierry's | :24:11. | :24:20. | |
method - wait till after the match! What is fascinating to see from | :24:21. | :24:32. | |
so high up, as soon as you have a cross-field pass, one | :24:33. | :25:01. | |
of them goes and they all follow. It is a deliberate ploy, | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
but it is really effective and credit to the manager for working | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
on it for so long and getting that We haven't seen much | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
of him either so far, Iniesta. This is where the big players need | :25:13. | :25:33. | |
to come to the fore, the best Spanish players, demand the ball, | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
get on it and make things happen. Spain have to raise | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
their game now in adversity. We have reached the mid-way point | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
of the first half. Almost caught in possession | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
by Vargas, the goalscorer. Iniesta, who scored the only goal | :25:54. | :26:03. | |
of the final four years ago. Again, it seems - I'm certainly not | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
picking on Xabi Alonso - he is technically a brilliant | :26:10. | :26:30. | |
footballer and he's skied that one. What a touch that was from Eduardo | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
Vargas, never mind the finish. If you think of the enormity | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
of the occasion, it is very easy for people to snatch at chances | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
and this is like a home game. The Chilean support - | :26:48. | :26:50. | |
this is probably To have that awareness, | :26:51. | :26:52. | |
to take that touch, They always look | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
like they have time in the box. Jorge Sampaoli, their coach, | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
on the edge of the touchline. He will be very happy with what | :27:09. | :27:18. | |
he has seen from his team so far. Silva was complaining that | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
he had his shirt pulled. Nothing doing from referee, | :27:24. | :27:26. | |
Mark Geiger. They are almost getting some | :27:27. | :27:39. | |
encouragement from I don't think that is | :27:40. | :27:49. | |
a free-kick either. Ramos was shielding the ball out, | :27:50. | :28:33. | |
just previously to that, that was Just gets his body there - ooh, | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
maybe not! Maybe the way he reacted | :28:38. | :28:47. | |
and went down... It is the first big game Spain | :28:48. | :28:52. | |
have played in a long while OK, | :28:53. | :28:56. | |
there are so many options for them. He would be still, for me, the one | :28:57. | :29:04. | |
in there that makes things tick. I am a Xavi fan, | :29:05. | :29:07. | |
so maybe I'm biased. The foul was by Marcelo Diaz and | :29:08. | :29:15. | |
there is an urgency by Spain here. Good move from Spain, much better, | :29:16. | :29:58. | |
much more urgency. Jara has got back in to put him | :29:59. | :30:10. | |
off a little bit. But he should | :30:11. | :30:24. | |
at least hit the target. Which is understandable with | :30:25. | :30:27. | |
the injuries he's had. Why is he starting a second game | :30:28. | :30:35. | |
in five days if he is not fit? The urgency is a huge factor | :30:36. | :30:38. | |
for Spain. They are criticised a lot | :30:39. | :31:00. | |
for the slowness of the build-up. Now they are 1-0 down, | :31:01. | :31:03. | |
they have to play a much higher That was the first time they did | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
that and they created a good chance. They are playing a decent side here, | :31:08. | :31:13. | |
Spain. Chile did well to beat England | :31:14. | :31:14. | |
at Wembley. They were unlucky to lose 1-0 | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
to Germany in March as well. What is going to be fascinating is | :31:20. | :31:28. | |
the work ethic we talk about Can they keep up that level | :31:29. | :31:34. | |
of commitment and pressing I find it hard to believe, | :31:35. | :31:38. | |
but people tell me they can do it. The Spanish will keep playing | :31:39. | :31:48. | |
and keep passing Pedro is going to leave this | :31:49. | :31:50. | |
one to Cesar Azpilicueta. Making just his eighth appearance | :31:51. | :32:08. | |
for the national side today. Iniesta appearing on this | :32:09. | :32:17. | |
near side for the first time. Comfortably dealt with by Diaz | :32:18. | :32:23. | |
helping out the backline. It is eye of the needle stuff | :32:24. | :32:37. | |
for Spain. They are dropping back really | :32:38. | :32:43. | |
deep when they are defending. They are playing really narrow | :32:44. | :32:45. | |
and saying you have to go around the outside, stopping | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
the Spanish playing through. Blocked off, | :32:52. | :32:53. | |
strong play by Gonzalo Jara. The decision goes against Chile, | :32:54. | :33:13. | |
despite the protestations. The referee was | :33:14. | :33:20. | |
suddenly well-placed. Chile have to be careful, | :33:21. | :33:22. | |
overplaying in their own half There is not too much in that, | :33:23. | :33:25. | |
for me, but the reason they conceded a free kick | :33:26. | :33:32. | |
is because they overplay a bit. Bravo, the Real Sociedad goalkeeper, | :33:33. | :33:39. | |
in goal for Chile tonight, Medel not happy in the centre, | :33:40. | :33:54. | |
after that challenge from Ramos. What is strange, | :33:55. | :34:06. | |
when you are standing over a free kick, and are used to take | :34:07. | :34:14. | |
them in that position, the Chilean line was so high in the 18-yard line | :34:15. | :34:17. | |
it was crying out for a right footer As it happened, | :34:18. | :34:21. | |
a left footer took it so it doesn't Inside the last 15 minutes | :34:22. | :34:26. | |
of the first half. Spain needs something from this game | :34:27. | :34:40. | |
to give themselves a chance Another player who likes to get | :34:41. | :34:44. | |
forward, but he hasn't really The through ball aimed towards | :34:45. | :34:55. | |
Diego Costa, comfortably dealt with Not much for those Spanish | :34:56. | :35:20. | |
supporters to cheer about so far. That is Vidal, | :35:21. | :35:29. | |
the attacking midfielder, pressing the goalkeeper when they are 1-0 up, | :35:30. | :36:02. | |
it is a fantastic attitude. The two strikers are splitting | :36:03. | :36:05. | |
and at times they are playing three out and out up there, | :36:06. | :36:16. | |
with the wingbacks high as well. It is what I talked about earlier, | :36:17. | :36:19. | |
the bravery to play that way. He is a strong attacking player | :36:20. | :36:25. | |
in Serie A, Arturo Vidal, for Juventus, up into double figures | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
for goals for the second time He actually got 18 goals, which | :36:31. | :36:33. | |
for a midfielder is fantastic, and he also deserves credit for getting | :36:34. | :36:40. | |
himself fit after a miniscule knee So his desire to be here | :36:41. | :36:42. | |
and get fit, from that. He played the first hour of | :36:43. | :36:53. | |
the opening match and was visibly He apologised to | :36:54. | :36:56. | |
his team-mates after that. Nobody likes to be substituted, | :36:57. | :37:01. | |
especially in a World Cup. Have you ever kicked | :37:02. | :37:08. | |
a water bottle on your way out? I did once, it cost me a lot | :37:09. | :37:09. | |
of money, so I did not do it again. It is passion though, | :37:10. | :37:17. | |
it is good to see players caring. Diaz, | :37:18. | :37:28. | |
he always looks like he has a little He took too long there, but he | :37:29. | :37:32. | |
just plays in an unhurried manner. The referee keen to keep | :37:33. | :37:39. | |
the game going. Yes, I don?t think it | :37:40. | :37:43. | |
has been too nasty. It was a silly trip from Pedro, | :37:44. | :37:45. | |
but nothing more. It is a foul, not a yellow card, | :37:46. | :37:52. | |
it is just a trip. What is painfully obvious, | :37:53. | :37:56. | |
watching Spain live here for the first time, for me, is that they | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
lacked pace in the final third. Pedro is the only one, really, | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
who you would say has that pace to Iniesta does it in a more silky way, | :38:07. | :38:09. | |
but Silva and Costa, they don't have the pace to get | :38:10. | :38:13. | |
in behind, so everything is Here comes Spain with David Silva, | :38:14. | :38:19. | |
Jordi Alba, Diego Costa waits in the centre, Pedro is in there | :38:20. | :38:31. | |
as well and it is very, very comfortably dealt with by Gary | :38:32. | :38:35. | |
Medel and away by Francisco Silva. Diego Costa almost catching Medel's | :38:36. | :38:47. | |
head. I think he just pulled out | :38:48. | :39:04. | |
at the last minute. Another free kick, this time | :39:05. | :39:13. | |
for the challenge on Arturo Vidal. It is not what Iniesta is known for, | :39:14. | :39:18. | |
his tackling prowess. I would like to see him more in the | :39:19. | :39:29. | |
game doing what he does best, going past people and making incisive | :39:30. | :39:34. | |
passes, but he needs runners. Pedro has got pace, | :39:35. | :39:36. | |
can he get away from Mena? Not this time, he feels he was | :39:37. | :39:42. | |
pushed over, and, more importantly, Jorge Sampaoli there, | :39:43. | :39:46. | |
the coach of Chile, has been watching hours and hours of match | :39:47. | :39:57. | |
tape in the last few days, since that first game against Australia, | :39:58. | :40:00. | |
in the build-up to this one. Tactically they have been brilliant, | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
their work ethic has been good. That will be the test for them | :40:06. | :40:15. | |
over the 90 minutes, because Spain With the power of the bench they | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
have got, they have got options. It was loose there, | :40:20. | :40:26. | |
he was under pressure, hurried by It didn't quite work this time | :40:27. | :40:31. | |
for Alexis Sanchez. Well, it is not sloppy, | :40:32. | :40:40. | |
the intense pressure from Xabi Alonso has been guilty | :40:41. | :40:44. | |
as much as anybody, which is a surprise for him, because | :40:45. | :40:55. | |
that is what he prides himself on. Met by the head of Gonzalo Jara, | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
latterly of Nottingham Forest Former West Bromwich Albion player, | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
as well. Jordi Alba was up for that one, | :41:06. | :41:11. | |
there is a bit of a gap here now, Sergio Ramos will try to fill it | :41:12. | :41:15. | |
on the far side, Another example, Vidal loses | :41:16. | :41:19. | |
the ball but instinct straightaway, Pedro making the running to | :41:20. | :41:39. | |
the centre and Diego Costa right underneath that one, | :41:40. | :41:46. | |
but taken by Claudio Bravo. I would be amazed if we didn't see | :41:47. | :41:56. | |
a couple of changes, to add a bit more pace and injection | :41:57. | :41:59. | |
from Spain in the second half. Maybe Koke in for Alonso, Torres | :42:00. | :42:03. | |
for Costa, but they have to try something, because as you say, if | :42:04. | :42:07. | |
they lose the game they are gone. You would think if they took Xavi | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
out of the side of which they did, there might have been a case for | :42:13. | :42:16. | |
playing Koke, because he has linked It is difficult when you don't see | :42:17. | :42:18. | |
teams and players in training every day of course, but Koke is more | :42:19. | :42:31. | |
powerful, more athletic than some Here's Pedro, the mis-control takes | :42:32. | :42:35. | |
it for a goal kick and that was Yes, but he is trying, | :42:36. | :42:40. | |
trying to take people on, they just He could do with some help | :42:41. | :42:47. | |
from some players. Iniesta, for me, | :42:48. | :42:53. | |
is one of the best players in the world, but we haven't really | :42:54. | :42:55. | |
seen him causing too many problems. And David Silva, you watch him | :42:56. | :42:58. | |
at Man City, he is probing, getting That is credit to Chile as well, | :42:59. | :43:02. | |
they really are harassing and playing at a fantastic tempo to | :43:03. | :43:08. | |
stop the Spanish players. Hefty challenge there | :43:09. | :43:17. | |
by having Alonso on Mauricio Isla. That will be a yellow card | :43:18. | :43:21. | |
from the referee. Into the last five minutes | :43:22. | :43:30. | |
of the first half here. He has been frustrated, | :43:31. | :43:34. | |
because his quality has not been up His set plays have not been | :43:35. | :43:48. | |
particularly good, he has been caught in possession a few times | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
and that really sums up his half. A different referee | :43:54. | :43:57. | |
on a different day might have pulled I am surprised, | :43:58. | :44:02. | |
I expected so much more from the Spanish players, considering | :44:03. | :44:14. | |
what happened against the Dutch. Chile with a throw on here, | :44:15. | :44:21. | |
on the front foot for the last few Great preparation from the | :44:22. | :44:35. | |
Chilean coach ahead of this game, so far, bearing fruit, but just the one | :44:36. | :44:50. | |
goal in the game so far, so Spain What is a worry, of course, | :44:51. | :44:54. | |
is that a draw would mean Chile going into the Holland game meaning | :44:55. | :45:04. | |
as long as they did not lose by the huge number the Spaniards | :45:05. | :45:07. | |
did, they would go through. So it is not just about getting back | :45:08. | :45:09. | |
into it for Spain, it is about trying to turn the game on its head | :45:10. | :45:13. | |
and winning it, and that is why I am thinking maybe something different | :45:14. | :45:18. | |
should happen at half-time. Away across the field from | :45:19. | :45:20. | |
Gonzalo Jara, here they come now The referee trying to play advantage | :45:21. | :45:23. | |
there, but realising there was none. Quick feet from Sanchez, tries to | :45:24. | :45:31. | |
stay on his feet, to be fair to him. Maybe del Bosque might be | :45:32. | :45:46. | |
the king of a change, but the fact that he needs to keep 11 | :45:47. | :45:52. | |
on the pitch, because there is one thing with this Chilean side, if you | :45:53. | :45:56. | |
go down to ten, you are in trouble. Alexis Sanchez, | :45:57. | :45:59. | |
who plays his football in Spain with Barcelona goes the goal, | :46:00. | :46:15. | |
punched clear, back in, 2-0! And Spain are in a big, | :46:16. | :46:20. | |
big hole now! 2-0 down, | :46:21. | :46:25. | |
with half-time on the horizon! Are the world champions going out | :46:26. | :46:40. | |
in the group stage? Let's take nothing away | :46:41. | :46:47. | |
from the finish. It is an average free kick, | :46:48. | :47:03. | |
he should catch that all day. Great touch from Aranguiz, | :47:04. | :47:08. | |
little toe end, super finish, I have got to give him all | :47:09. | :47:13. | |
the credit in the world, but Casillas, I don't know what he is | :47:14. | :47:17. | |
thinking, why he is punching that. If he is going to punch it, | :47:18. | :47:20. | |
he has got to punch it wide anyway. There is not too much pace | :47:21. | :47:24. | |
on the ball anyway. I would say I feel sorry for him | :47:25. | :47:27. | |
if he had not made three mistakes in the Dutch game, | :47:28. | :47:31. | |
but that is a huge, hugely bad Charles Aranguiz with the shot, | :47:32. | :47:34. | |
beating Iker Casillas I don't say that flippantly, | :47:35. | :47:43. | |
it is easy to criticise goalkeepers, but that is an horrific decision for | :47:44. | :47:50. | |
him to punch that, it really is. Eduardo Vargas with Sanchez ahead | :47:51. | :47:58. | |
of him. I don't know | :47:59. | :48:24. | |
whether it is the humidity, the pitch, or just the intensity | :48:25. | :49:00. | |
of the Chilean players, but some of It feels like a bit of everything | :49:01. | :49:03. | |
for Spain at the moment. Again, Xabi Alonso has given | :49:04. | :49:08. | |
the ball away. Spain have really lost | :49:09. | :49:13. | |
their way here. Just as they did in | :49:14. | :49:15. | |
the second half against the Dutch. I have never seen Xabi Alonso - | :49:16. | :49:29. | |
and as I said earlier, I am a huge fan - I have never seen him | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
give the ball away so many times. And be caught in possession | :49:34. | :49:41. | |
so often. I don't know whether it is | :49:42. | :49:46. | |
a mental thing, whether the first It's got worse for him | :49:47. | :49:49. | |
as the game has gone on. Now, here is a good chance | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
for the Spanish to pull one back. The usual suspects | :49:56. | :49:58. | |
inside the penalty area. Busquets | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
and Ramos joining the attack. Alonso in and confidently taken | :50:04. | :50:15. | |
by Chile's goalkeeper. Sounds like he is my enemy - | :50:16. | :50:23. | |
it is another bad ball. Someone else should | :50:24. | :50:27. | |
take responsibility. I have been there myself | :50:28. | :50:34. | |
when you take a few and you can't get the right trajectory | :50:35. | :50:38. | |
and you are not right on it. Let someone else go over | :50:39. | :50:41. | |
and take it. Eduardo Vargas there giving Chile | :50:42. | :50:45. | |
the lead in the 19th minute of the game and then two minutes | :50:46. | :50:55. | |
before the break, Charles Aranguiz with the shot into the corner | :50:56. | :50:58. | |
of the net, past Iker Casillas. If it stays like this, the champions | :50:59. | :51:02. | |
are going out of the World Cup. Spain have got a great deal to do | :51:03. | :51:09. | |
here to avoid suffering the same They were the defending Champions | :51:10. | :51:42. | |
in South Africa, How do Spain go | :51:43. | :51:45. | |
about rescuing the situation? Do you think Koke on for Xabi Alonso | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
is a smart move? It is a good move, | :51:51. | :51:53. | |
he is smart and quick, hopefully can They need to move the ball quicker, | :51:54. | :51:56. | |
play with a higher tempo. They have not got players who can | :51:57. | :52:03. | |
run past people with great pace and athleticism, so they have to | :52:04. | :52:08. | |
play their way through, but they Watching the players as they were | :52:09. | :52:11. | |
waiting to come back out through the Having quite | :52:12. | :52:17. | |
a tussle there with Aranguiz, They just got dispossessed | :52:18. | :52:38. | |
in their own half again They are winning 2-0, | :52:39. | :52:56. | |
nothing wrong occasionally with giving it a good old lump, getting | :52:57. | :53:00. | |
up and not conceding chances. They have done the hard bit, | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
getting in front. The point I was going to make was, | :53:07. | :53:18. | |
we were watching the players just before they came | :53:19. | :53:20. | |
back out for the second half. I don't know what you felt, Danny, | :53:21. | :53:23. | |
but the body language did not look great | :53:24. | :53:25. | |
among some of the Spanish Team? Usually you want to be on your toes, | :53:26. | :53:28. | |
getting yourselves going. Why they were standing | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
in the tunnel talking, I don't know if that is a FIFA thing they are not | :53:35. | :53:40. | |
allowed out, but you need someone Vidal, | :53:41. | :53:44. | |
the furthest forward in the middle. Diaz, rather hoping he would get | :53:45. | :53:58. | |
a free kick. He has not had much of a chance to | :53:59. | :54:00. | |
run at the Chile defence so far. Diego Costa, | :54:01. | :54:20. | |
you would think he would be happy that his team-mate from the past | :54:21. | :54:24. | |
season, Koke, he is on the field, Here's Diego Costa now for Spain | :54:25. | :54:27. | |
and it is smothered by! He has got to score, | :54:28. | :54:40. | |
he has got to score. This is what I talked about, | :54:41. | :54:43. | |
an incisive pass from Iniesta, He doesn't get it out of his feet, | :54:44. | :54:45. | |
gets it stuck under his feet. He has got to do better, he just | :54:46. | :54:52. | |
has not looked sharp all night. That is a brilliant opportunity | :54:53. | :54:55. | |
for him. The referee spotting | :54:56. | :54:57. | |
an infringement inside the penalty There is nothing wrong with coming | :54:58. | :54:59. | |
back from an injury if you are not sharp, | :55:00. | :55:05. | |
you can't get sharp without playing The manager has picked him expecting | :55:06. | :55:07. | |
him to be sharp, and he is not. It was fizzing | :55:08. | :55:13. | |
across the penalty area. This was not the best effort | :55:14. | :55:32. | |
from Jordi Alba. The middle of the season from Costa, | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
that was the type of chance he was eating up, sharp, a good touch, | :55:39. | :55:44. | |
burying chances, week in, week out. He has looked a shadow | :55:45. | :55:47. | |
of that player this evening. And of course, as a player, when a | :55:48. | :55:58. | |
manager asks if you are fit and OK, So it is | :55:59. | :56:02. | |
the manager's responsibility more Fernando Torres, | :56:03. | :56:05. | |
came on in the first match. Aranguiz, the defensive player, | :56:06. | :56:13. | |
trying to keep it away It is a better start though, better | :56:14. | :56:23. | |
tempo, passing has been crisper, Probably the pass | :56:24. | :56:39. | |
of the game actually from Iniesta. That is what we are used to seeing | :56:40. | :56:42. | |
him doing, cutting teams open. The Chile wing-backs are not pushing | :56:43. | :56:54. | |
on as high at the moment, they probably told them to keep | :56:55. | :57:34. | |
in position a bit more and closer to the three centre halves, | :57:35. | :57:37. | |
which is completely understandable, And urgency about their play, | :57:38. | :57:39. | |
as you would expect, Good position from Pedro, | :57:40. | :57:49. | |
coming in of those little pockets They need to be careful not to be | :57:50. | :58:01. | |
a little too overenthusiastic just outside their own penalty area, | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
don't say, Chile's players? They have been poor on set plays | :58:07. | :58:09. | |
so far. The point with the wing-backs that I | :58:10. | :58:20. | |
was making, if they do stay back and don't press as high when Spain | :58:21. | :58:30. | |
have the ball, they will give up possession, but maybe then not | :58:31. | :58:33. | |
minding giving up possession and keeping their shape when they are | :58:34. | :58:36. | |
winning the game. It will also mean that they don't have to do the | :58:37. | :58:39. | |
same amount of running, of course. Iniesta, Ramos and Silva | :58:40. | :58:42. | |
are standing over the ball. The defence just advancing ahead | :58:43. | :58:50. | |
of the white line momentarily. Deciding not to catch that one, and | :58:51. | :58:53. | |
it is back in, oh, and it is wide! It was a glorious opportunity | :58:54. | :59:04. | |
for Sergio Busquets! I am starting to think it | :59:05. | :59:09. | |
might not be their night. Again, the keeper causes | :59:10. | :59:12. | |
the problems, a ridiculous punch. I think that is Costa with | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
the overhead kick. I have not got Busquets' | :59:19. | :59:26. | |
goal-scoring record in front of me, but I am pretty sure it is not very | :59:27. | :59:37. | |
good. They could be back to 2-2 | :59:38. | :59:44. | |
in the first however many minutes They have started | :59:45. | :59:46. | |
the second half more brightly as, Trying to build some momentum here, | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
to get back into the match. A reminder, if they lose, | :59:52. | :00:01. | |
Spain will be out of the World Cup, And here's Alexis Sanchez, | :00:02. | :00:04. | |
he has got the better of The ball ultimately breaking | :00:05. | :00:13. | |
loose off Eduardo Vargas. David Silva, | :00:14. | :00:31. | |
a little bit deeper now. Pedro likes to run, | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
forced back this time. Cannot find a way through, | :00:35. | :00:51. | |
and looks for a free kick. Vargas, turning straight back | :00:52. | :01:05. | |
into trouble there. Sergio Ramos almost losing | :01:06. | :01:24. | |
the ball once more to Vidal. That is what I was talking about, | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
just creating problems in your own half | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
when you are winning the game, you Play sensibly, play percentages, | :01:30. | :01:31. | |
make them work, Busquets, | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
whose embarrassment at missing that chance was not helped by the fact | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
they played it on the big screen. I think it will be playing over in | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
his own head a million times anyway. A minor break in play, an injury | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
to one of the Chile players. Aranguiz is on the ground | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
at the moment. Tweaked his medial ligament there. I | :02:03. | :02:21. | |
have done that myself in exactly the Not sure there was any malice | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
in that challenge. Maybe he's tweaked | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
his medial ligament there. Vicente del Bosque will leave things | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
as they are? Shortly. Ten more David Silva is not contributing | :02:33. | :02:49. | |
enough for me. I would always leave Iniesta on because he is capable of | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
an incisive pass. This is a big His all-round performance has been | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
superb. If that is a tweaked medial He will be lucky to play in the | :02:58. | :03:14. | |
tournament again. It does look as though Chile are | :03:15. | :03:30. | |
going to have to make a change here shortly. | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
APPLAUSE spray is not going to make any | :03:35. | :03:49. | |
difference. They are making a spray is not going to make any | :03:50. | :04:22. | |
Momentarily, Chile are down to ten here. | :04:23. | :04:24. | |
Charles Aranguiz is going to give it does he? | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
Diego Costa will chase and they are Normally, when they are not that | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
bad, you try for a little while The pass was misplaced by | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
Jordi Alba. They have all got that same mindset | :04:40. | :05:35. | |
for the team, for the team. A clear foul and Spain are having a | :05:36. | :07:18. | |
lot of the ball here at the moment. He is going to make that worse | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
if he stays on with it. I would imagine Gutierrez has | :07:22. | :07:51. | |
to be coming on for Aranguiz. Neat and tidy at the moment | :07:52. | :08:24. | |
from Chile. Still Gutierrez still | :08:25. | :08:26. | |
waits to come on. It is Diego Costa and he's closed | :08:27. | :08:52. | |
down so quickly and dispossessed so He is physically not sharp | :08:53. | :09:11. | |
enough for anything to come off. Fernando Torres is waiting | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
on the touchline to come on. CROWD BOO Diego Costa is off | :09:18. | :09:29. | |
and Fernando Torres is on. Aranguiz is going to have to give | :09:30. | :10:10. | |
in to the inevitable. In terms of the World Cup, | :10:11. | :10:32. | |
he has to give himself a chance thought he had shown too much of | :10:33. | :10:41. | |
that. Vidal is up with him. And the header in the end going wide of the | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
goal. It was Gutierrez, the substitute. Another good breakaway. | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
That will happen. The Spanish will keep trying to press now. That was | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
unlucky from Sanchez. He broke - I think it was Martinez that come | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
over. He had too much pace for him and then tried to pick out the guy | :11:02. | :11:04. | |
on the back post. That is the way of the next 20 minutes. It will be the | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
Spanish trying to push forward and Gutierrez is a player who | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
can do something as well. He played under Steve McClaren | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
and he said he is more than capable of losing the ball three times | :11:15. | :11:17. | |
in a row and then coming back and He doesn't want to | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
be doing that now! He's got to be able to fill | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
in those gaps. Sit in your position, be disciplined | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
and do the right thing as a midfield Sanchez looks | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
like he's taken a knock as well. It is a very hard-working game, | :11:30. | :11:37. | |
the way Chile play. It would be if they played | :11:38. | :11:40. | |
in the north-east or in Manaus. If they played in the north-east in | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
a lunch time kick-off in that heat. A lot of these players play | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
over here, or some of them. They do look like | :11:49. | :12:00. | |
an extremely fit bunch of lads. As I said earlier, there is not | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
one outfield player over 30. Missed the best chance | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
of the second half. The vast majority of whom are | :12:07. | :12:25. | |
travelling to support Chile here. A bit untidy, nothing more, | :12:26. | :12:47. | |
the challenge on Francisco Silva They made a very positive start | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
to the second half, Spain. I think what the problem for Spain | :12:55. | :13:02. | |
is - when they need to press a game, they haven't got enough legs in the | :13:03. | :13:11. | |
team to go up high and press teams. With the likes of Silva, Iniesta, | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
Busquets - they haven't got that energy and athleticism to win | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
the ball high up. They have to persevere with | :13:21. | :13:23. | |
the possession When you are 2-0 down, looking | :13:24. | :13:25. | |
like you are going out of the World Not sure they have got | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
brilliant legs on the bench. They will have to grind away | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
and make some chances. Asking an awful lot of Pedro, | :13:35. | :13:44. | |
who is always a willing runner. The way Spain play, it has to be | :13:45. | :13:58. | |
inch-perfect and it wasn't there. Alexis Sanchez forward to Vargas, | :13:59. | :14:13. | |
Vargas has support. Mena and it's a stretch | :14:14. | :14:16. | |
and it's over! It was a great chance for | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
Mauricio Isla. I think it's Mena on the left, | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
he drags the shot a little bit. It's cleared away | :14:26. | :14:38. | |
by a tired-looking Javi Martinez. Chile are still | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
in possession with Marcelo Diaz. They win the ball back through | :14:46. | :15:06. | |
pressing the ball, one wing-back mis-hits the shot | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
and who is the one on the other side The energy and the application, | :15:14. | :15:16. | |
honestly - not sure I have seen a team play | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
with this much courage and... They are not afraid to roll | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
the dice? Torres turning away from Diaz, | :15:27. | :15:28. | |
turning straight into the man they Not the most complimentary | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
nickname I have ever heard! He is such a vital component | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
of the Chile team. Obviously, he's had a checkered | :15:47. | :15:54. | |
history with his discipline. He's marshalled the other two | :15:55. | :16:03. | |
around him as well. He is looking at that midfield again | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
- 11 red cards in the last five years in club football, but none | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
in the Premier League last season. Marcelo Diaz will collect balls | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
like that all day long. Sanchez - I thought he had | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
shown too much of that. And the header | :16:25. | :16:27. | |
in the end going wide of the goal. The Spanish will keep | :16:28. | :16:36. | |
trying to press now. He broke - I think it was Martinez | :16:37. | :16:45. | |
that come over. He had too much pace for him | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
and then tried to pick out That is the way | :16:51. | :16:53. | |
of the next 20 minutes. It will be the Spanish trying | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
to push forward and they will 20 to go and we are very much in the | :16:58. | :17:00. | |
last quarter of the game. The clock The clock is ticking a bit for Spain | :17:01. | :17:09. | |
now. Forward | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
by Gutierrez will stop Iniesta's Torres. And what a | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
noise being made by the Chilean fans now. And there | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
is a man with plenty on his plate. I hope the | :17:26. | :17:42. | |
people at home can hear the atmosphere, it is absolutely | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
fantastic. The Chilean fans haven't stopped, have they? The acoustics in | :17:47. | :18:01. | |
the stadium, as well. Here they come again. Sanchez. Trying | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
to lead Martinez a merry dance. Medel is in | :18:05. | :18:07. | |
space. The past not good enough this time. Away by | :18:08. | :18:19. | |
Sergio Ramos. Vidal has not played like a man who has | :18:20. | :18:25. | |
been injured for a while. He is Trying to lead Martinez | :18:26. | :18:28. | |
a merry dance. Not just the | :18:29. | :18:39. | |
technical aspects, but his running, his desire | :18:40. | :18:41. | |
to win the ball back from the team with a so-called star. | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
Absolutely wonderful. Great team ethic | :18:49. | :18:50. | |
Sampaoli has got here from this chilly side. Vidal again with | :18:51. | :18:52. | |
his arm in the air, just waiting inside the D. Ramos able to find his | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
intended target. Pedro looking for They must have | :18:59. | :19:18. | |
prepared perfectly, and worked | :19:19. | :20:38. | |
really hard to get to that level. It takes a lot of application. It is | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
Vargas on the ground. I think we got players, I can't stress it too much, | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
what they are actually doing here, can't see him down in front of us at | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
the They must have prepared perfectly, | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
and worked really hard to get to actually. Vargas is fine. Here is | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
Marcelo Diaz. Vargas. He leaves it to Alexis Sanchez, he has | :20:55. | :20:57. | |
got the pace to get away from Ramos here, he | :20:58. | :21:00. | |
has got support, it is from Vidal... Silva. Iniesta. Santi Cazorla | :21:01. | :21:22. | |
is waiting to come on. He is going to | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
have to wait a little bit longer. We might have another | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
stoppage here. Don't kick the ball out, you are 2 | :21:29. | :21:29. | |
-0 down in a World Cup Group stage, is | :21:30. | :21:37. | |
playacting! Ridiculous! Gonzalo Jara was | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
pretty quickly on his feet. Definitely not | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
a penalty, was it? Nobody touched him. Maybe not. At least he | :21:45. | :21:54. | |
tried to Arsenal man waiting | :21:55. | :22:14. | |
to come on, and Pedro, who was brought into the team | :22:15. | :22:16. | |
today. It has not been his best game But overall they have been | :22:17. | :23:24. | |
poor. Now it is looking like it is too | :23:25. | :23:35. | |
late for them. Vidal on the ground over | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
on the far side, but he is off the pitch. | :23:42. | :23:44. | |
Sanchez losing out, it was Jordi Who won the ball back for Spain, now | :23:45. | :24:09. | |
it is with David Silva. Good feet. | :24:10. | :24:12. | |
Recovered well, after that initial first touch. Sliding in | :24:13. | :24:21. | |
and getting the ball away, Mena. It is | :24:22. | :24:30. | |
that line of five again. You see in. They have really kept a good | :24:31. | :24:31. | |
shape, those lads. If Spain could get a goal in the not | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
too distant future, it really would | :24:37. | :24:38. | |
set us up for a grand slam finish. Yes, because if a team get a | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
goal, you tend to drop off, you can't go | :24:43. | :24:43. | |
the other end and score again. It Julio | :24:44. | :24:47. | |
Cesar as well, he only played with Toronto at the end of the season, he | :24:48. | :25:12. | |
spent a lot of time at QPR not playing. It is the | :25:13. | :25:24. | |
classic argument. impressive showing here from Jorge | :25:25. | :25:42. | |
Sampaoli's side. David Silva, Torres is up with | :25:43. | :25:56. | |
him, Iniesta. And it doesn't fall to | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
Torres, and again it fizzles out. Yes, I was just saying, | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
apart from half, where Spain played | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
with a bit more zip and urgency and Ramos certainly is a threat. In it | :26:09. | :27:07. | |
comes once more. This time Claudio Bravo elects to catch the ball. He | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
does so with great confidence. I'm sure he is OK. It breaks up the | :27:12. | :27:32. | |
rhythm of the game. It's clever. There is the first goal from Vargas. | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
Looks really good, no matter how many times you see it. It was cool. | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
That is inventive. Stuck under his feet. Toe ender. There have been too | :27:42. | :28:08. | |
many poor performances. The blend of the team hasn't looked quite right. | :28:09. | :28:13. | |
He has to take some blame for that. He has choosen the players. I think | :28:14. | :28:17. | |
I'd like to have seen more fight. Maybe they haven't got the legs. | :28:18. | :28:21. | |
Maybe they haven't got the energy in the team that you need now. | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
Everybody else seems to be improving all the time. This Chilean team is | :28:26. | :28:31. | |
as good as it gets with their work ethnic. They have been overrun. | :28:32. | :28:36. | |
Talking of quite exciting South American sides. Our next live game | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
from the World Cup will be tomorrow at 4.30pm. Columbia against Ivory | :28:41. | :28:43. | |
Coast. Torres, awide by Marcelo Diaz. | :28:44. | :29:37. | |
Didn't quite fall for Vidal. Did you see his reaction. You could argue he | :29:38. | :29:42. | |
might let one goes for once. Give it away. Straightaway back at it. | :29:43. | :29:51. | |
Free-kick given away by Vidal. There will be one more change when the | :29:52. | :29:57. | |
ball goes out of play. Busquets. Iniesta, looks for goal. Good save. | :29:58. | :30:05. | |
Fine save by Claudio Bravo. Iniesta, this is a really good effort. A very | :30:06. | :30:12. | |
good save. Iniesta had his three best moments in central areas of the | :30:13. | :30:16. | |
pitch. He started to get wider. There was talk before the game of | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
playing him in that central role. I think he has that bit more | :30:22. | :30:25. | |
creativity when he comes in those central areas. They have missed it | :30:26. | :30:30. | |
in the first half. That is for sure. Eduardo Vargas who scored with such | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
aplomb in the 19th minute is being hurried along by the referee. He | :30:36. | :30:38. | |
deserves his ovation. I'm glad he wore those orange boots | :30:39. | :30:51. | |
so I could recognise him from up here. Valdiva will replace him. | :30:52. | :31:00. | |
Unlucky not start. Scored in the first game. Lavishly gifted player. | :31:01. | :31:08. | |
Has a bad boy reputation. I think he served a couple of 10-match bans in | :31:09. | :31:58. | |
his time. Certainly a talent though. It is hard when you are up against a | :31:59. | :32:02. | |
side with more power and pace than you. Brilliant feet in towards | :32:03. | :32:16. | |
Torres. Flick got them out of danger. I worried when I looked, I | :32:17. | :32:29. | |
was watching Vidal in the midfield position, when I saw him playing | :32:30. | :32:33. | |
defensively I worried about him playing against a quality side. He | :32:34. | :32:37. | |
has been terrific. Read things, calm in possession. Seems to be speaking, | :32:38. | :32:43. | |
dictating what he wants from the other defenders. Deserves a mention. | :32:44. | :32:50. | |
I did - I spoke with Neil Lennon before the game, we looked at that | :32:51. | :32:54. | |
as a weak area. He has been one of the best players on the pitch. | :32:55. | :33:16. | |
It is not a sending off because he had some cover. | :33:17. | :33:22. | |
That late on in the game, winning 2-0, take a yellow card. | :33:23. | :33:25. | |
Late change now being made by Sampaoli once again. | :33:26. | :33:34. | |
There will be a standing ovation for Arturo Vidal as he leaves the field. | :33:35. | :33:56. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. He has been outstanding. | :33:57. | :33:58. | |
We are better looking at the players who haven't been | :33:59. | :34:01. | |
And Carlos Carmona is on for the remainder of this match, | :34:02. | :34:06. | |
It is Santi Cazorla for Spain and Bravo was there once more. | :34:07. | :34:15. | |
I was going to say "now or never" before he took this. | :34:16. | :34:23. | |
Not quite enough fizz in the free-kick to get it past | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
What is interesting on corners again - just watching Chile there - | :34:34. | :34:47. | |
they didn't put anyone on the post even though they are winning 2-0. | :34:48. | :34:51. | |
They probably do the same thing whether they are winning | :34:52. | :34:54. | |
I believe when you are winning a game, especially defending corners, | :34:55. | :35:03. | |
Then you have three people to beat on the line. | :35:04. | :35:10. | |
Who am I to tell the manager of Chile what to do after his | :35:11. | :35:13. | |
Still agitated, still kicking every ball with his team. | :35:14. | :35:25. | |
Has he just masterminded a famous victory? | :35:26. | :35:28. | |
Chile's first-ever over Spain at the 11th attempt. | :35:29. | :35:31. | |
Trying to get away from Javi Martinez. | :35:32. | :36:00. | |
Medel, who has been superb at the heart of the Chile defence. | :36:01. | :36:05. | |
That was Torres trying to close it down. | :36:06. | :36:13. | |
We haven't seen the board yet, but I think we are heading | :36:14. | :36:16. | |
It should be coming up any minute now. | :36:17. | :36:28. | |
They don't look like scoring, if I'm honest. | :36:29. | :36:33. | |
It is not a bombardment, or chance after chance, it is not Chile camped | :36:34. | :36:36. | |
CROWD BOO. Spain now, with six minutes to try | :36:37. | :36:51. | |
and score two goals to at least keep themselves in the competition | :36:52. | :36:54. | |
He is lucky to have found Azpilicueta. | :36:55. | :37:09. | |
Mena has been up-and-down, a terrific engine, still trying to | :37:10. | :37:26. | |
get out there to block that cross, close the space down. | :37:27. | :37:32. | |
It's going to fall here for Jordi Alba. | :37:33. | :37:37. | |
A really good chance for Sergio Ramos. | :37:38. | :37:58. | |
He's been in great goalscoring form, even | :37:59. | :38:00. | |
It is a good block, but it is a tired swing. | :38:01. | :38:05. | |
Ten players back inside the penalty area for Chile and it's | :38:06. | :38:16. | |
I think that it is worth mentioning the goalkeeper for Chile as well. | :38:17. | :38:38. | |
Any time he has been called upon, he's looked nice and solid, | :38:39. | :38:41. | |
Everywhere around the pitch, they have had commanding | :38:42. | :38:47. | |
performances, people willing to work hard and play good football. | :38:48. | :38:50. | |
They have taken some risks - that is what they do. | :38:51. | :38:53. | |
In their own half, they have been caught a few times. | :38:54. | :38:56. | |
The mentality to maintain the level of what they do can't be | :38:57. | :38:59. | |
It is great credit to all the players and the manager for | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
Medel forward towards Sanchez, away by Javi Martinez. | :39:06. | :39:13. | |
Spain can have few complaints about this. | :39:14. | :39:15. | |
We are midway through our six minutes of added time. | :39:16. | :39:41. | |
I can only remember the Etihad, the final day of the Premier League | :39:42. | :39:44. | |
season, when two goals went in so late. | :39:45. | :39:48. | |
It isn't the bombardment that that was and they don't have Aguero | :39:49. | :39:51. | |
Silva can't quite pick out Fernando Torres. | :39:52. | :40:26. | |
His body language tells you a lot there. | :40:27. | :40:32. | |
The world title defence almost over before it really got started. | :40:33. | :40:50. | |
I feel that Chile are going to be a bit unlucky. | :40:51. | :40:57. | |
If they finish runners-up in the group, | :40:58. | :41:00. | |
Provided Brazil win their group, as we expect. | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
You would think with these tremendous results | :41:06. | :41:12. | |
and the effort they have put in, they might think they will get | :41:13. | :41:15. | |
But they still have Holland to play, of course. | :41:16. | :41:21. | |
Sampaoli, the coach, has stopped ranting at the fourth | :41:22. | :41:34. | |
I think, as you said earlier, they can't grumble. | :41:35. | :41:51. | |
It's not been a bad refereeing decision. | :41:52. | :41:53. | |
It's not been a bit of luck for Chile. | :41:54. | :41:56. | |
It's been a dominant performance, a brilliant performance in many ways. | :41:57. | :42:00. | |
The 5-1 defeat in the first match for Spain was the heaviest margin | :42:01. | :42:06. | |
suffered by any defending champion in the history of the competition. | :42:07. | :42:11. | |
And they haven't quite recovered from it. | :42:12. | :42:19. | |
Spain are about to become the fifth defending champion to go | :42:20. | :42:23. | |
out at the first hurdle in the following World Cup competition, | :42:24. | :42:26. | |
And the group stage hasn't even finished yet. | :42:27. | :42:38. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Excellent win for Chile. | :42:39. | :42:40. | |
They were on the front foot right from the start of the match. | :42:41. | :42:43. | |
It was masterminded by the coach, Jorge Sampaoli. | :42:44. | :42:46. | |
And carried out exquisitely by their players. | :42:47. | :42:51. | |
Intensity, unity, hard work and composure in front of goal. | :42:52. | :42:56. | |
Eduardo Vargas, the scorer of the first goal in the 19th minute. | :42:57. | :43:01. | |
Then, shortly before half-time, Charles Aranguiz with the second | :43:02. | :43:03. | |
The defending champions are out of the World Cup. | :43:04. | :43:08. | |
So there you have it. What a game the world champions are out of the | :43:09. | :43:32. | |
World Cup. If you would like highlights, stories, anything about | :43:33. | :43:41. | |
the World Cup this summer, go to the BBC website, bbc.co.uk/worldcup. | :43:42. | :43:46. |