The Chile Cup always delivers particularities, especially when there are confrontations between professional and amateur teams. Proof of this occurred in the Chinquihue Stadium in Puerto Montt, which witnessed the return to football of Diego Gabriel Rivarola.
At 47 years old, more than a decade after his retirement from professionalism, in 2011 with University of Chile after winning the South American Cup, Goku took the challenge of dressing short again and giving a hand to the painting Vicente Pérez Rosales.
“I am clear that it is very difficult to compete against 22-year-olds. But I mentioned it to people around me, my children who hardly saw me play and they loved it. That motivated me. In my family they pushed me“Rivarola commented to Bolavip in the run-up to the meeting.
However, the Mendoza’s experience in the Chile Cup lasted one match. Although he was there from the start, his experience plus the impetus of his young teammates were not enough to beat University of Concepción.
He Campanile imposed his terms in Chinquihue and took the victory by a categorical 3-0, with the scores of Juan Sánchez Sotelo (30′), Wladimir Cid (40′) and the defender Camilo Rodriguez (70′). His next rival will come out of the duel between Sports Concepción and Linareswithin the framework of the South Zone.
Other results of the day in Copa Chile
NORTH ZONE
0-1, 33′ Christian Bravo (CLOA); 0-2, 79′ Javier Meléndez (CLOA); 0-3, 89′ Juan Leiva (CLOA)
NORTH CENTRAL AREA
- Deportes Melipilla 1-0 Unión San Felipe
1-0, 42′ Bryan Taiva (MEL)
SOUTH CENTRAL AREA
- Sports Recoleta 1-3 Audax Italiano
0-1, 26′ Guillermo Ortíz (AUD); 0-2, 38′ Javier Quiñones (AUD), 0-3, 40′ Javier Quiñones (AUD); 1-3, 85′ Nicolás Carvajal
- Real San Joaquín 0-0 Santiago Morning / Penalties: 4-3 RSJ
SOUTH ZONE
- Imperial Kingdom 2-2 Fernández Vial / Penalties: 4-3 IMP
1-0, 10′ Felipe Zúñiga (IMP); 1-1, 50′ Bastián Solano (FV); 1-2, Angel Gillard (FV); 2-2, 75′ Benjamín Díaz (IMP)
- Provincial Osorno 2-2 Deportes Temuco / Penalties: 4-5 TEM
0-1, 9′ Own goal Luciano Vargas (TEM); 0-2, 10′ Franco Cortés (TEM); 1-2, 44′ Bastián Melo (OSO); 2-2, 56′ Miguel Ángel Orellana (OSO)
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