Messi has not won a major international honour apart from a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Messi blazed a penalty over the bar in the shootout before Lucas Biglia missed, to leave Chile’s Francisco Silva with the task of stroking home the winning spot-kick at the MetLife Stadium in the United States of America
The winning goal came after half an hour when Colombia forged a well-worked move down the right with Juan Cuadrado slipping the ball inside to James Rodriguez, who chipped forward for Santiago Arias to head across goal for Bacca to slide home on Sunday
Charles Aranguiz (7th minute) and Jose Fuenzalida (11th) struck in the early stages to take Chile into the final for the second time in a row.
The defending champions will battle Argentina for the title in a repeat of last year’s final
The Selecao crashed out of the competition in the group stage after a defeat to Peru on the weekend
The defeat left Brazil struggling to digest their worst performance in the Copa America since 1987, the last occasion the five-time world champions failed to make it past the group stage