After success at the Under 21 European Championships, Germany also won the 2017 Confederations Cup by beating Chile 1-0 in the final played in St. Petersburg. The decisive goal was scored by Stindl on the 20th minute of the first half, precisely at the most favorable moment for the South Americans, who had dominated every sector of the pitch up to that moment, but without finding the way to the net.
The Serbian referee Mazic thinks to keep Chile in the game who, despite the support of the Var, sensationally judges a voluntary elbow in the face of Jara to Werner only as a yellow card in the 65th minute. La Roja revives and goes close to equal with Vidal (76 ') and Aranguiz (80 ') who see their shots deflected by ter Stegen for a corner. The greatest opportunity to take the match to extra time came in the 84th minute to Sagal who, as soon as he came on, incredibly missed the goal with his left foot following an assist from Puch.
This is the first success of the Germans in this event, now in its tenth edition. And its value is even greater when one considers that the one that took the field in Russia was an experimental formation, devoid of great German football stars such as Kroos, Ozil, Khedira, Hummels and Neuer.
