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Chile and Panama face off Tuesday in Copa America match

Panama's Felipe Baloy, right, blocks a shot by Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain during a Copa America Centenario Group D match on Friday.
(Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)
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GROUP D: CHILE vs. PANAMA

Where: Philadelphia. Time: 5 p.m. PDT. TV: FS1, UniMas, UDN.

The buzz: Although both teams go into the group-play final with three points, Panama’s -4 goal differential means Chile goes through to the quarterfinals with a win or a draw while Panama goes home with anything short of a victory. Panama can blame Lionel Messi for its predicament since it was Messi who scored three times in the final half-hour of Argentina’s 5-0 win over Panama, turning a close game into a rout. Chile, meanwhile, is coming off a squeaker (2-1) against Bolivia that was decided on Arturo Vidal’s penalty-kick goal in stoppage time.

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