Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez leapt to the defence of dismissed striker Edinson Cavani as footage appeared to show a Chilean player attempting to provoke the star by sticking a finger up his backside.
For 80 torturous minutes, Chile tied Uruguay in knots without being able to pin them down.
But, as the prospect of penalties loomed large on the smoggy Santiago horizon, the Copa America hosts kept alive their hopes of finally winning major silverware.
Uruguay were already down to 10 men when Mauricio Isla split the sides, Edinson Cavani receiving a second booking a few minutes before for reacting to Gonzalo Jara after the Chilean appeared to stick a finger in the striker's bum. Cavani had already been cautioned for a first-half foul on Arturo Vidal.
Jorge Fucile followed his team-mate in for an early bath following a horror challenge on Alexis Sanchez six minutes after.
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