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5 takeaways from Chile’s tight victory over Cameroon at the Confederations Cup

Related Topics: Chile, Cameroon, Eduardo Vargas

Fabrice Ondoa stood tall in Cameroon's goal before Arturo Vidal's late header gave Chile a big victory in their first match of Group B. VAR technology was put in use once more to controversially take a goal away from Chile, but the South American champs still pulled off a 1-0 victory.

What are the takeaways from this one?

VAR was front and center once again
VAR was front and center once again

Hate it or love it, the Video Assistant Referee is here to stay. Eduardo Vargas’ first half strike looked absolutely perfectly timed, and it was both a fantastic run and finish from Arturo Vidal and the Jordan-tatted Chilean that appeared to have put Chile up.