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Soccer-Chile hope to avoid Achilles heel: the penalty shootout

Yahoo! Sports | June 20, 2015

Related Topics: Penalty shoot-out (association football), Chile national football team, Bolivia national football team, Jorge Sampaoli, Mauricio Soria

By Anthony Esposito

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SANTIAGO, June 19 (Reuters) - Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli is more concerned about beating the team's quarter-final opponent than extra spot-kick training at the Copa America but the prospect of a penalty shoot-out is likely to be on the minds of some of his players.

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