 The following group match with México, Valdivia was praised by the press for play the full 90 minutes, be trasendental in all Chile goals and for have scored a badly canceled goal during that 3–3 draw.After another highlighting match in a 5–0 win over Bolivia where assisted Alexis Sánchez in Chile's second goal, he was a key player in the 1–0 victory against Uruguay (defending champions) for the quarterfinals, match remembered by the incident between Gonzalo Jara and the striker Edinson Cavani.Following the semifinal's triumph over Perú (2–1) that put Chile in a Copa América final after 28 years since 1987,

Valdivia was a starter in the final against Argentina at the Estadio Nacional.