In beating Cameroon 2-0 in their opener at the Spartak Stadium on Sunday, Chile had a "goal" disallowed on the stroke of halftime in a contentious decision where the VAR decided Eduardo Vargas was offside when he scored.
A couple of minutes later, the pair linked up again as Vidal played Vargas through on goal and this time he scored but with the help of the new VAR system, the referee ruled the goal out for offside much to the annoyance of the Chile players.
On 58 minutes, the head coach of the national team of Chile Juan Antonio Pizzi brought its main star is the leader of Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez was destined to become the protagonist of the second half.
Late goals from Eduardo Vargas and Arturo Vidal gave Chile a bright start at the competition.
"Having our goal at the end of the first half disallowed created stress for the players because they were not used to such a situation".
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Russia's win certainly eased the pressure on winning its second game, against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in Moscow on Wednesday. Russia's fast start contrasted with New Zealand seeming unsettled early in a game that began after an unusual pre-match ceremony.
Most of the pressure was still being applied by Chile and they eventually cracked the defence of their opponents with substitute Alexis Sanchez clipping in a delightful cross for Vidal to head home.
Hugo Broos was proud of his Cameroon team despite the African champions slipping to a 2-0 defeat to Chile at the Confederations Cup. The review found Sanchez hadn't been offside when he received the ball.
The opening game of the double-header sees Portugal and Mexico facing off at Kazan Arena at 11:00 a.m. ET, before Chile and Cameroon meet in the second game at Otkrytiye Arena, starting at 2:00 p.m.
The Africa Cup of Nations holders did look a threat on the counter-attack and Vincent Aboubakar was denied by the legs of Johnny Herrera, who was in the Chile goal ahead of usual captain Claudio Bravo.
The Cameroonians got the ball in the net once, but the whistle had already gone for a foul on Vidal, by the time Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui headed the ball into the net from a 17th-minute free kick. Cameroon play their second match against Australia on Thursday.
"I think this system needs time".
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