This Thursday, at the Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso stadium, Coquimbo Unidos will play a pending duel with Palestino, valid for the twelfth date of the tournament that was postponed due to the participation of both teams in the Copa Sudamericana and Libertadores, respectively.
This is the most important match for Fernando Díaz’s team, who, by adding a victory, will be able to take the lead in the classification, surpassing the one who has been in that condition for the fifteen dates: Universidad de Chile.
Finishing as winter champion is already a goal in the aurinegra team that has ten undefeated dates and with six wins in a row that allowed it to advance positions until placing itself in a reassuring second place with 30 units, 2 below the blues, although in front They will have the Arabs who, with their 24 positives, will have the opportunity to place themselves in third position if they reach 27.
The commitment, by order of the presidential delegation, he was ahead for 5:30 p.m. and will be refereed by Reinerio Alvarado.
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LUCIANO CABRAL
After the 2-0 victory over Universidad Católica on Sunday, the revelation player of the first round, Luciano Cabral, figures in the plans of clubs in the capital, although so far, no one has spoken with Coquimbo Unidos, which owns the letter from the footballer who, to emigrate, could make use of the exit clause when the transfer market opens.
Coach Fernando Díaz confirmed that the ideal is for no one to leave the club, especially in the current conditions of solidity that the team has, although he understands that in today’s football, nothing is due to feelings. “The leadership is looking at Luciano’s (Cabral) options. He is a desirable player, but there is also the possibility that he stays. As a coach, I would like to keep the entire squad and hopefully have a couple of reinforcements, but that has already been discussed with the club,” said the deté after beating the crossed team.
He reiterates that the club is still considering the possibility of the midfielder remaining in the port until the end of the year. “Football is like that, this is without crying. If there is no player, you have to make do. Last year we were talking about another figure, Rodrigo Holgado, who left the club and we maintained our performance. That speaks well of a great performance as a team,” stressed the builder of the Aurinegro’s great campaign.
Reaffirming the above, the sports general manager of Coquimbo Unidos, Pablo Ramírez, once again reiterated to the capital media what he stated last week to Diario El Día, denying that there are contacts with Colo Colo or another national club. In this sense, he reiterated the interest of the club, coaching staff and Aurinegros fans, that Luciano Cabral does not manage to reinforce another top club in the capital. “Coquimbo Unidos has the disposition not to remove anyone from its squad, absolutely no one, much less teams from the local competition,” he replied, reiterating that Cabral has a specific situation, with an exit clause in its favor.
Ramírez insisted on this last point, pointing out that “we don’t want Luciano to leave and we certainly don’t want him to go to a Chilean team. “There is no logic in us sending one of our players to a potential rival team under any circumstances.”
The manager acknowledged that “they have called us and we have had conversations with foreign teams. (…). Fortunately in Coquimbo, Luciano has a very stable economic situation, and we are very excited about what we have done every year (…). But eventually if there was a foreign team (…), we could open up the possibility,” he concluded.
The 10 of the Aurinegros, meanwhile, reiterated that the port is doing very well. “Here in Coquimbo I am fine, I am happy and enjoying what I do. The club opened the doors for me to play again. “I will always be grateful and I try to give everything back on the court, trying to do the best for the team.”
Regarding this first round and the possibility of emigrating, he pointed out that, “there is still one game left. Honestly, I’m not thinking about what’s going to happen after the first round ends,” she concluded.
