Wednesday June 18 2014 Chile mark end of Spain era  Reigning
World and European Champions Spain crashed out of the World Cup
after a 2-0 defeat to sparkling Chile.  The Chileans sweep
through to the knockouts and go head-to-head with Holland to
decide who tops the group.  Vicente Del Bosque dropped Xavi and
Gerard Pique following the shock 5-1 defeat to Holland, but
Diego Costa, Cesar Azpilicueta and Iker Casillas retained their
spots despite poor performances.   Spain had won both their
previous World Cup encounters with Chile, 2-0 in 1950 and 2-1 in
2010. However, Edu Vargas had an effort deflected just wide
after 44 seconds and Gonzalo Jara nodded the resulting corner
off target. Spain also threatened, Claudio Bravo bravely
charging down Pedro from point-blank range.  Chile broke the
deadlock when Charles Aranguiz sprung the offside trap and
rolled across for Napoli-owned Edu Vargas to take a touch,
commit Casillas and turn in.  Xabi Alonso ballooned over and
Diego Costa hit the side-netting, but Spain sim