Bravo Saves three penalties as Chile go ahead to lift the Confederations cup

Bravo the hero for Chile:

3 penalties 3 saves, Claudio Bravo, after a difficult 1st season for city, finally answered his critics by turning in a man of the match performance and taking Chile to the finals of the Confederation cup, saving all the 3 penalties fired at his goal. The Chilean guessed the right direction every time as Nani, Quaresma and Moutinho were all denied from the spot. Bravo also produced an amazing save from a shot by Andre Silva, early in the 1st half.

Ronaldo goes missing:

Cristiano Ronaldo could be off to his holidays without much ado as he wasted little time going off down the tunnel after a horror show in the match.

The Portuguese captain couldn't find any space leading to negligible involvement in Portugal's attacks and produced just one shot on target in the 120 minutes. The Real Madrid man never got a chance to take his penalty as the shootout didn't require the "5th" spot kick.

Bernardo Silva

Pep Guardiola might have finally got his Messi at Manchester City by signing this little magician. In a side short of creativity, Silva ran the show for Portugal in the midfield, going on some blistering runs dribbling across 2-3 Chile players each time. The 43 million man was unlucky to be on the losing side but showed why his magical left foot already has Manchester City licking their lips.

Santos's subs go wrong

Portuguese coach Fernando Santos will be kicking himself after all 3 of his substitutes, Quaresma, Moutinho and Nani (probably brought on with penalties in mind) saw their penalties saved by Bravo. All 3 penalties were weak and predictable, contrasting from the rockets burried by the Chileans in Rui Patricio's goal.

Vidal the soul of this Chile side

Vidal was by far the best outfield player in the match as his all-round performance made sure that Chile will have a chance to get their hands on their 3rd international trophy in 3 years. The Chilean was denied  a winner by the post just a minute to the end of extra time with the rebound from Martin Rodriguez also coming out of the crossbar.