Alexis Sanchez Dubbed a 'Crybaby' After Complaining About Uruguay Tactics

Former Uruguay player Javier Chevanton has dubbed Alexis Sanchez a "crybaby" after Chile defeated the Celeste in their Copa America quarter-final tie.

Chile triumphed 1-0, with Uruguay reduced to nine men in a bad-tempered clash.

Sanchez's post-match reaction included a dig at an unnamed rival:

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They like to fight, argue, go forward all out; one player told me in the first half "Move you wimp" - but then later he said to me: "I am sorry." He said to me: "That'll do, I kicked the s--- out of you." And I said, "Alright but you could have caused an injury and that's not what football's about."

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In response, Chevanton tweeted the following (as translated by the Daily Telegraph): "What do you want Alexis Sanchez, you're a crybaby. Stop trying to be a man because you're a crybaby. Today you played against men."

Sanchez has impressed football fans in England since his move to Arsenal last summer and is a national hero in Chile, with 84 caps for his country already at the age of 26.

Uruguay, for their part, were also upset by a separate incident that saw Edinson Cavani receive a red card for a slap on Gonzalo Jara, which was provoked by the latter poking his fingers into Cavani's bottom.

[Daily Telegraph]