Chile toppled Australia 3-1 in 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B match played on Friday night at Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba.
Chile scored two goals in the early minutes of the play with their forward Alexis Sanchez and midfielder Jorge Valdivia.
Australia narrowed the gap to one after 34-year-old forward Tim Cahill found the net with a header in the 35th minute.
Despite upping pressure from Australia, the South American side raced out to a 3-1 lead when midfielder Jean Beausejour fired from long range and determined the result of the play as 3-1 in favour of Chile.
Results of Group B are as follows:
Spain: 1 - Netherlands: 5
Chile: 3 - Australia: 1
After the first matches standings in the group are as follows:
Teams
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
Pts
| |
|---|
Netherlands
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
Chile
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
Australia
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
Spain
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
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