• Chile forward Alexis Sanchez attends a training session in Sao Paulo, Brazil, ahead of Saturday's third-place match against Argentina at the Copa America. EPA
    Chile forward Alexis Sanchez attends a training session in Sao Paulo, Brazil, ahead of Saturday's third-place match against Argentina at the Copa America. EPA
  • Chile forward Alexis Sanchez attends a training session at EPACCT Frederico Antonio Germano Menzen, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
    Chile forward Alexis Sanchez attends a training session at EPACCT Frederico Antonio Germano Menzen, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
  • Chile forward Alexis Sanchez attends a training session at EPACCT Frederico Antonio Germano Menzen, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
    Chile forward Alexis Sanchez attends a training session at EPACCT Frederico Antonio Germano Menzen, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
  • Chile's Oscar Opazo practices dribbling skills. Reuters
    Chile's Oscar Opazo practices dribbling skills. Reuters
  • Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda, centre, leads a training session in Sao Paulo. EPA
    Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda, centre, leads a training session in Sao Paulo. EPA
  • Chile's Junior Fernandes during training. Reuters
    Chile's Junior Fernandes during training. Reuters
  • Chile's Erick Pulgar goes through a warm-up. Reuters
    Chile's Erick Pulgar goes through a warm-up. Reuters
  • Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda, centre, leads a training session in Sao Paulo. EPA
    Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda, centre, leads a training session in Sao Paulo. EPA
  • Chile's Eduardo Vargas, Charles Aranguiz, Pablo Hernandez and Erick Pulgar during training. Reuters
    Chile's Eduardo Vargas, Charles Aranguiz, Pablo Hernandez and Erick Pulgar during training. Reuters
  • Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda, centre, during a press conference. Reuters
    Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda, centre, during a press conference. Reuters

Alexis Sanchez and Chile teammates train for last time before facing Lionel Messi's Argentina - in pictures


Steve Luckings
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They may have missed out on a hat-trick of Copa America titles, but Chile will want to sign off their tournament in Brazil with a victory against Lionel Messi's Argentina on Saturday.

Alexis Sanchez and his Chile teammates suffered a 3-0 defeat to Peru in the semi-finals earlier this week to miss out on a gold medal match against the hosts.

That defeat denied them a third-straight Copa America final appearance, having won the past two editions, in 2015 and 2016.

Laying in wait for them in Sao Paulo are Messi and Co, who lost their last-four match 2-0 to Brazil. The third-place match takes place at the Corinthians Arena on Saturday, 11pm UAE.

Before Saturday's kick off the Chile squad were put through its paces for a final time on Friday by manager Reinaldo Rueda.

To check out the images, simply swipe left/right on the gallery above.