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Chile beat World & three times European champions Spain to cement their place in the second round for a second consecutive World Cup.
Chile vence a España, tres veces campeon europea, para entrar la ronda próxima del mundial por segunda vez consecutiva (2010 & 2014).
– Chile join Holland level on points (6) & despite the 2010 finalist’s thumping 5-1 win over Spain, the South Americans now have a goal difference of 4 compared to Holland’s goal difference of 5.
· 3 of the last 4 World Cups has seen the reigning champions be knocked out in the first round – France(2002), Italy (2010) & Spain (2014).
· Chile score in a 5th consecutive World Cup match.
• Chile marca un partido quinto consecutivo en el mundial.
· Chile have now scored in 8 consecutive World Cup group games (1998, 2010 & 2014).
· Chile have only scored in 9 of their last 10 World Cups games overall (1998, 2010 & 2014); Brazil in the second round of 2010 are the only team to have stopped them from scoring in the World Cup during that time.
· Chile score in a second consecutive World Cup match against Spain.
· Edurado Vargas has now scored 3 goals against Spain (since 2013) following a the brace he scored against Del Bosque’s side in a friendly in 2013.
· Spain have not scored a single goal in open play at the 2014 World Cup.
· Chile’s 5 goals at the 2014 World Cup have been scored by 5 different players.
· David Villa, the joint top scorer (5) at the 2010 World Cup & scorer of 8 goals in the last two World Cups (2010 & 2006), has been an used sub for two consecutive games at this year’s tournament.
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