The Chile boss praised his forward for breaking the country's scoring record after a hard-fought draw with Germany
Juan Antonio Pizzi described Alexis Sanchez's record-breaking goal for Chile as "very special" after the Arsenal forward made history at the Confederations Cup.
Sanchez's sixth-minute strike against Germany, taking advantage of a mistake from Gunners team-mate Shkodran Mustafi, made him Chile's outright record goalscorer, passing Marcelo Salas to reach 38 international goals.
Eduardo Vargas then hit the crossbar for Pizzi's men, but Lars Stindl struck for the second consecutive game before half-time, which proved to be the final goal of a 1-1 draw in Kazan that leaves both sides waiting to secure their progress to the semi-finals.