Jean Beausejour scored the only goal of the game to give Chile their first World Cup victory in 48 years with a 1-0 win over Honduras at Mbombela Stadium.
The South Americans struck in the 34th minute when Alexis Sánchez played in Mauricio Isla and he pulled back across goal for Beausejour to slide in.
Lineups:
Honduras: Noel Valladares; Sergio Mendoza, Osman Chávez, Maynor Figueroa, Emilio Izaguirre; Amado Guevara (Hendry Thomas, 66), Wilson Palacios; Edgar Álvarez, Ramón Núñez (Walter Martínez, 78), Roger Espinoza, Carlos Pavón (Georgie Welcome, 60)
Chile: Claudio Bravo; Mauricio Isla, Gary Medel, Waldo Ponce, Arturo Vidal (Pablo Contreras, 81); Rodrigo Millar (Gonzalo Jara, 52), Carlos Carmona, Matías Fernández; Alexis Sánchez, Jorge Valdivia (Mark González, 87), Jean Beausejour
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The South Americans struck in the 34th minute when Alexis Sánchez played in Mauricio Isla and he pulled back across goal for Beausejour to slide in.
Lineups:
Honduras: Noel Valladares; Sergio Mendoza, Osman Chávez, Maynor Figueroa, Emilio Izaguirre; Amado Guevara (Hendry Thomas, 66), Wilson Palacios; Edgar Álvarez, Ramón Núñez (Walter Martínez, 78), Roger Espinoza, Carlos Pavón (Georgie Welcome, 60)
Chile: Claudio Bravo; Mauricio Isla, Gary Medel, Waldo Ponce, Arturo Vidal (Pablo Contreras, 81); Rodrigo Millar (Gonzalo Jara, 52), Carlos Carmona, Matías Fernández; Alexis Sánchez, Jorge Valdivia (Mark González, 87), Jean Beausejour
Statistics:
| Shots on target : | 1 | - | 8 |
| Shots off target : | 4 | - | 11 |
| Ball possession (%) : | 44 | - | 56 |
| Corner kicks : | 4 | - | 6 |
| Offsides : | 2 | - | 5 |
| Fouls : | 14 | - | 18 |
| Yellow cards : | 1 | - | 2 |
| Red cards : | 0 | - | 0 |
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