Vargas double hands Chile 4-0 victory over Japan
Chile's Eduardo Vargas celebrates after scoring the fourth goal against Japan June 17, 2019. ― Reuters pic
Erick Pulgar had opened the scoring for Chile in the first half before Vargas doubled the 2015 and 2016 champions' advantage with a deflected second-half strike. Their best early chance came after nine minutes when Shoya Nakajima let fly after bursting forward only to see his shot saved by Chile goalkeeper Gabriel Arias.
A whipped corner from the right caused havoc in the Japanese area, and Bologna midfielder Pulgar leapt high above Yuta Nakayama to head home. Chile picked up where they left off as the second half got under way, stroking the ball around confidently to deny Japan possession.A fluent build-up saw Mauricio Isla go clear down the right and he squared for Vargas, whose shot took a wicked deflection off Takehiro Tomiyasu on its way into the net.
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