Germany beats Chile to win Confederations Cup

Germany celebrates after Lars Stindl’s goal during the Confederations Cup final against Chile at the St.Petersburg Stadium in Russia on Sunday July 2, 2017. (Ivan Sekretarev / AP)

GERMANY’S experimental young side overcame street-wise Chile to win a bruising Confederations Cup final 1-0 on Sunday, vindicating Joachim Loew’s decision to leave most of his world champions at home.

Lars Stindl scored his third goal of the World Cup warm-up tournament in the 20th minute, tapping into an empty net after a defensive blunder.

Chile’s frustrations were clear in the second half when Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal squared up to Bayern Munich teammate Joshua Kimmich, who was also shoved by Gary Medel.

Gonzalo Jara then elbowed Germany forward Timo Werner in the face but escaped with a yellow card despite the incident being reviewed by the referee on a pitch-side monitor. –chicagotribune