Eduardo Vargas scored four goals, Edson Puch added two, and defending champion Chile thoroughly dismantled Mexico from every angle in a 7-0 Copa America quarterfinal trouncing Saturday night.
The loss was Mexico's worst ever in an official match and ended its team-record unbeaten streak in embarrassing fashion at 22 matches, one day shy of a year since El Tri's last loss, to Ecuador in the Copa group stage.
Mexico's fans still regularly used their traditional homophobic chant even after being urged to stop by tournament organizers, national sport officials and even the players, especially in the wake of the recent Orlando shooting.
After Vargas found the net for the final time on this extraordinary display of shot-making, the star forward jumped in the air and pumped his right fist as his shaggy hair swayed in the Bay Area breeze. And a sold-out stadium of 70,547 that began the night like a Mexico home game quickly emptied of El Tri fanaticos as the clock wound down.
Alexis Sanchez had a goal and two assists, and Puch scored the bookends for Chile - starting things off in the 16th minute and punctuating this dominant night with an 88th-minute score.
Vargas scored the first goal of this career performance in the 44th minute, five minutes after an offside call cost him another score, then added goals in the 52nd, 57th and 74th minutes.
The Argentine team has reached the semi-finals of the tournament, beating his Venezuelan counterpart 4-1 in a game that both teams gathered at dawn today.
Source ; QNA
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