Cobresal continues to surprise: they beat UC in El Salvador and climbed to second place in the National Championship.
Catholic University failed this Sunday in his attempt to recover the leadership of the National Championship 2022 by falling 3-1 in his visit to Cobresalin a match played at the El Cobre Stadium and valid for the fifth date.
The cast of the fringe added its second consecutive defeat, leaving many doubts in its performance, and parked in fourth place in the table with nine points.
Those from El Salvador, meanwhile, ratified their good start to the season by climbing to the second place in the classification with 10 units, just one behind the Ñublense leader.
The four-time national football champion had a good start in the north. At 11 minutes he scored through Juan Leiva, who found a ball in the area, hit it hard from the left and his shot ended up going into the net.
After the goal of former Unión La Calera, Cristian Paulucci’s squad disappeared from the field. The homeowner began to get the ball and do damage to the UC defense with the speed of their attackers.
From the 12 steps the local was found with parity, at 30 minutes. After an infringement by Tomás Asta-buruaga on Juan Carlos Gaete, Gastón Lezcano did not miss with a shot to the left by Sebastián Pérezwho jumped to the other side.
The team led by Gustavo Huerta took advantage of the 1-1 clean and jerk so that immediately, at 32′, they took the lead. Cristopher Mesías entered the area, took out a couple of men and with a great crossed left-footed shot he beat ‘Carrot’.
In the complement the good game of Cobresal continued and for that reason it was not surprising that at 72 minutes he closed the match. In a lethal backlash, Nelson Sepúlveda received from Óscar Salinas and before Pérez left he touched it from above and the ball went to the bottom of the nets.
If it hadn’t been for Pérez, who presented three solid interventions, the UC would have taken a beating from the mining camp. About the end, at 90+7′, Fernando Zampedri missed a penalty when raising his shotfollowing a handball from a local defender in the box on a free kick.
For the sixth date of the tournament, the current national football champion will host Everton on Sunday, March 13, while Cobresal will visit Deportes La Serena on Friday, March 11.