Rio De Janeiro: Spain as defending champion was kicked out of the tournament in the first stage of the world cup. It is an unforeseen end for the title holder. Chile defeated Spain by 2-0 and proceeded into the next round along with Netherlands. Chile in Maracana created the history and beat defending champions in group stages match. Spain, already suffered 5-1 defeat against Netherlands in their first match, had to win against Chile to stay in the competition.
Iker Casillas with his World Cup and EURO Cup winning team stepped in the arena for their pride but success kept on smiling rudely over ill-fated Spain. Men in red, with 63% possession of the ball, have disappointed their fans by their performance.
Chile’s Eduardo Vargas scored the first goal of the match in the 19th minute. Charles Aranguiz scored second goal in 43rd minute of the first half. Spain had only forty five minutes to score 3 goals while retain Chile on 2 to win the contest. Unfortunate Spain could not even level the match.
This is the one of the worst result for defending champions. At the end of the match, Chile won comfortably by 2-0. Australia is out of the tournament due to Spain’s defeat.
Next Group Meetings: Chile will face Netherlands and Spain will be against Australia.
By: Abdullah Waheed