Santiago de Chile, May 5 (EFE).- Palestino achieved an important victory prior to its duel with the Brazilian Flamengo for the Copa Libertadores this Tuesday and is second, four points behind the leader Universidad de Chile, which this Sunday tied 2-2 with Deportes Iquique to remain with 25 units, at the close of the eleventh round of the Chilean league.
The leader had to make an effort with a comeback to avoid falling for the first time in the tournament, since the celestial dragons were winning 2-0 at the beginning of the second half of the match that the laymen had to play at home in Concepción, located 500 kilometers from Santiago .
The Arab team defeated Copiapó (16th) 3-1 at the start of the day on Friday and puts pressure on the blues who remain undefeated in the championship, while Coquimbo Unidos won 3-1 against current champion Huachipato to climb to third position also with 21 points.
“We have reached a score that had not been achieved in the last four or five years, we cannot complain and playing in parallel Copa Libertadores,” Palestino coach Pablo Sánchez assured Chilean media.
With these results, Deportes Iquique was fourth, chasing Universidad Católica (5th), which on Saturday achieved an important 2-1 victory against Unión Española, which follows it in the table, while Colo Colo could only draw 2-2 on its visit. to Cobresal (14th), to remain seventh with 17 points, prior to their Libertadores duel with the Brazilian Fluminense.
Huachipato and Cobresal also compete at home in the continental tournament this week against the Brazilians Gremio and Sao Paulo, respectively.
In the last match of the date, Audax Italiano beat O’Higgins (10th) 5-0 to place itself in thirteenth position and moved away from the relegation zone in which Unión La Calera (15th) remains despite its 2-1 victory against Ñublense (9th).
Cobreloa lost to Everton (8th) at home by 1-2 and is in 11th place after its third straight defeat in the championship.
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