He won, he scored and he liked it. The Chillán U-17 National Team was installed as the undefeated leader of group A, in the quarterfinals of the National Youth Amateur Soccer Ñuble 2024, following beating its counterpart from Coyhaique, from the Region, on the last date of the group phase. of Aysén, 6-1 at the ANFA stadium.
The host team was a storm of goals, despite playing with a mixed team, saving resentful players for Tuesday’s phase.
Those led by Frank Hess, who might not lead on the bench because he was sent off in the duel once morest Antofagasta, shook off a lukewarm start and overwhelmed their rival with goals from Matías Larenas (27′), Milovan Guevara (42′) , Cristopher Sánchez (52′) and Josué Sepúlveda, the “Expreso de Coihueco) who contributed with a hattrick, on his birthday, scoring at 65′, 78′ and 89′. The discount for Coyhaique was the work of Cesar Valdebenito with a shot entering the area.
“Thanks to the people who sang happy birthday to me… At first things didn’t work out for me, my teammates told me in the dressing room to shoot up, that the goals would come and they did. I invite people to come support us and we get psyched to face Villarrica. Nacional remains and we will continue to reach the final,” commented Josué, the scorer of the day.
“We played good football in the second half and were able to score several goals, which was the thorn in the side of this regular phase, but the boys scored well-made goals. The boys are motivated and are involved with a lot of camaraderie. The key to this team is the mentality, going step by step, prepared for the duel with Villarrica,” he stressed. DT Víctor Cortés, who replaced Frank Hess on the technical bench.
“I’m happy for the goal, I recovered from the blow to my jaw, we played a good game and this victory makes us strong and it’s good that the goal opened for Josué on his birthday. We are going calmly for the duel with Villarrica”, declared the defender, Milovan Guevara, author of another headed goal in his personal account.
Quarter finals
PIn the quarterfinals, Chillán will face Villarrica this Tuesday, at 9:00 p.m., at the ANFA stadium, which was second in group B, following beating Tierras Blancas 2-1.
And in preliminary, Antofagasta, which qualified thanks to yesterday’s goalless draw between Chañaral and Arica (who were eliminated), will face Con Con from the Valparaíso Region at 7:00 p.m.
On the field of Población El Roble, simultaneously, Castro, undefeated leader of group D, will face Talcahuano and Graneros will face Iquique.
The San Carlos National Team, the other representative of the Ñuble Region, was eliminated following losing its three games, but leaving everything on the field.
Yesterday’s results were; Arica 0 Chañaral 0, Chillán 6 Aysén 1, Villarrica 2 Tierra Blanca de Coquimbo 1, Valparaíso 2 Maule 1, Graneros 5 Magallanes 2, Bío Bío 4 Las Condes 1, Iquique 2 San Carlos 0 and Castro 3 Los Río 1.
A massive crowd is expected to attend the quarterfinals of the National Youth Championship. Buses with regarding 500 fans will arrive from Graneros and a significant fan base is also projected from Talcahuano.
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