Higuain misses opportunity in Copa America final

The Argentina star was off the mark as he tried to chip the ball into the net, while Chile’s Gary Medel went down after running into the post.

Gonzalo Higuain had a golden opportunity to get the first goal for Argentina against Chile, but he blew the breakaway opportunity in the first half of the Copa America final.

After Chile defender Gary Medel slipped at the back, Higuain pounced on a back-pass and sprinted clean through on goal. He attempted to chip the ball past Claudio Bravo and managed to get the ball over the keeper, but couldn’t find the back of the net as it drifted beyond the far post.

Medel, racing back, proceeded to run into his own goal post and went down for a minute before getting up on his own and returning to action.