Universidad de Chile arrived at the Chimbarongo duel ready to wash its wounds. The first of these was the elimination of this tournament in 2022, in the semifinals once morest Unión Española, since it ended the only dream that the Blues had in a lousy season: qualifying for an international cup.
The other was caused by Leandro Fernández, when he was involved in a traffic accident in Argentina, driving drunk, and broke the peace that was lived this year at the Blue Sports Center. Maybe for the same Mauricio Pellegrino put the best he had available to face Chimbarongo (Osorio due to injury, Ojeda due to suspension and Fernández due to punishment). And the difference was huge. The duel ended in a historic 10-0 as it is the first time that the blues have reached ten in an official match.
The southern team only had one shot on goal in the first half and he played almost always within his own area. His defense might never stop the talent of Lucas Assadi and only the great performance of goalkeeper Tomás López prevented the score from being more catastrophic what finally turned out
Said in a more graphic way, the fans of the modest institution of the Third Division celebrated each cover by López as a goal. The goalkeeper, by the way, deserved each of those ovations: He showed all his resources before the experienced front of the eleventh student. She beat Assadi one-on-one, got a safe goal from Palacios and prevented Guerra from scoring her third goal on at least two occasions.
The secular superiority, finally, was more than the heroism of the goalkeeper. Guerra, on two occasions (9′ and 42′), Palacios (25′), Assadi (36′), Mateos (41′) and Zaldivia (44′) built the 6-0 lead in the first 45 minutes.
The win might calm things down and turn the match into a mere formality, but Pellegrino’s disciples took their role as a big team very seriously and left with the same hunger they had at the start of the fight. No one was surprised that Yonathan Andía marked the seventh (55 ‘) and Luis Casanova the eighth (68 ‘). The differences were still glaring.
The U takes positive notes, beyond the bulky victory. The first of them is Lucas Assadi. The promising youngster hadn’t had enough minutes to show off his game and had never started as a starter this year. For the same reason, he took advantage of this opportunity and although he played once morest an amateur team, he did what he wanted in the rival area. and pulled the strings of the U attack with formidable precision.
the other is Renato Cordero, who replaced Ojeda in a great way, and surprised with his tactical order and his good footing.
The U did not lower the intensity. In the 85’s, Renato Huerta entered the area and with an exquisite definition made it 9-0. Y so that the joy was complete, Morales scored the tenth when there was nothing left. The U scored a historic record: it reached ten goals in an official match for the first time in its entire history. Before he had other great victories: 8-1 once morest O’Higgins (2016); 8-1 once morest San Felipe (1966), 8-1 once morest Everton (1963) and 9-1 once morest Magallanes (1962). None like the one that endorsed the modest, but dignified Chimbarongo.
