Germany's Mario Goetze, right, and Chile's Arturo Vidal challenge for the ball during a soccer friendly match between Germany and Chile in Stuttgart, Germany (Photo: AP)
Germany were booed off after failing to impress in a fortunate 1-0 win against fellow World Cup finalists Chile as the South Americans dominated their hosts in Wednesday's friendly international.
With Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez in the thick of things, the enterprising Chileans showed why they finished third in the South American qualifying group for the World Cup.
Jorge Sampaoli's side had the Germans under pressure for long spells and created 17 shots to the Germans' seven.
The corner count of Chile's 14 to Germany's four told its own tale and the hosts enjoyed only a brief period of pressure in the first-half which led to Mario Goezte's 16th-minute winner.
Chile were only denied an equaliser with an hour gone by the woodwork when Valencia's Eduardo Vargas clattered the crossbar with Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer well beaten.
In the match build-up, Germany coach Joachim Loew had insisted "the clock is ticking" for his squad to prove their form 99 days before the World Cup starts.
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