To suffer until the last moments, Colo Colo brought out its hierarchy against opponent Huachipato, He took advantage of the extra man he had in the second half and got out a 2-1 win that allowed them to be just one point behind Universidad de Chile in the fight for the National Championship title.
With last night’s victory over Unión La Calera, the steel players became obliged to win this evening in the Biobío Region to escape the relegation spots and incidentally, changed the bad image they left last week in the defeat against Unión Española.
Meanwhile, the albos needed the win to continue closing the gap on the leader Universidad de Chile, on the eve of Wednesday’s clash with the Caleranos. Off the field, the team has been in controversy over the surprise release of Carlos Palacios from the Chilean national team, after the midfielder cited “personal reasons” for his departure.
he the local Cacique was taken by surprise during the first passages of the lawsuit, generating some risky actions that found the goalkeeper Fernando De Paul (7′, 8′ and 15′), who was to replace Brayan Cortés due to the “Indio” being on La Roja’s roster.
The popular team slowly gained control of the ball but lacked depth in the final meters of the pitch, a situation that changed in the minute 36when Alan Saldivia was encouraged with a center from the right sector for Marcos Boladoswho went towards the floor to slice the ball and beat the goalkeeper Martín Parra.
At the end of the first half, a certain amount of controversy arose in the Talcahuano stadium after the referee, Héctor Jona, did not charge. alleged criminal in favor of the premises. The VAR reviewed the action for a few seconds, but ultimately upheld the referee’s decision.
The number passed was without major incidents until the Dismissal of Cris Martínez, which demanded a strong infringement from Saldiv which was allowed with a yellow (69′). The visit did not take long to take advantage of the numerical advantage and in the 73′, Cristian Zavala took the right and sent the ball into the area for a header by Erick Wiemberg, who turned his 2-0 was decisive.
Three minutes later, however, Emiliano Amor’s poor start allowed Julián Brea to fire past De Paul. The goalkeeper made a block and the goalkeeper reached the legs of the goal, which enabled Thiago Veicino to score the Uruguayan discount practically at the mouth of the arch.
Despite the intensity that came with the conquest of the chariot and a clear approximation in the epilogue (89′), the The alien was closer to a third than the metallurgists were to equality. In the 82nd minute, Zavala demanded a great save from the goalkeeper and after a penalty kick, Guillermo Paiva lost the final 3-1.
However, Macul’s team was able to achieve a hard fought and very important victory 57 points and stay one behind the leader Universidad de Chile, but with a clear chance to be in front if it defeats Unión La Calera on Wednesday. After that, Colo Colo will visit Palestine on Sunday the 20th from 3:00 p.m.
For his part, the steel squad stagnates in third to last place with 28 units, only one above Cobreloa, the last team that would lose the category. Also on Wednesday, Huachipato will try to turn the key in the semi-final of the Copa de Chile South Zone against Deportes Puerto Mont, and then think about their duel with Audax Italiano.