University of Chile advanced to the quarterfinals of the central-north zone in the Chile Cup 2024 and now faces must be seen before San Antonio Kingdom, in what was a round trip key, that initially the two games of this series were going to be played at the National Stadium.
When it was thought that everything was ready and prepared for what this commitment would be, in the last hours giant inconveniences would mean that the first leg, in which San Antonio would officiate at home against the University of Chile, would be suspended.
A few moments ago, the president of the San Antonio Unidos club, William Lee spoke exclusively with Bolavip Chile and reported that the first leg match for the Chile Cup against the University of Chile is suspended, explaining in detail the reason for this.
“Unfortunately and despite having everything coordinated and everything approved by the authorities of the Metropolitan Region, the University of Chile made use of the rules of the Chile Cup in which it establishes in its article 20 that if it wants to occupy the marked stadium as the main team for the rival team, you must have authorization from the board of directors and yesterday, the presidency of the board of directors of Azul Azul sent a letter to the ANFP opposing us making our home there (National Stadium)”, He left, informing Lee.
Giving more details, the boss of the ‘Sau Sau’ team indicated “given that we are left with our hands crossed and we have to look for a new venue to play this important commitment for the Chile Cup.”
Already informing the ANFP of this case, from San Antonio they declared that they received this suspension well and reported that this first leg duel will be played on Wednesday, June 26, at a time and venue to be confirmed.
“It is very complicated to play on Monday, we made this history known to the ANFP board, which had a good reception and rescheduled the game for Wednesday,” he indicated.
The two stadiums that are options for this match
Now from San Antonio they are moving quickly to find out where this match will take place, in which in the first instance they tried to play at the Santa Laura Stadium, something that cannot be done, because Colo Colo is playing that same day. .
“It is not known where, our first option was to play at the Santa Laura Stadium, but unfortunately that day Colo Colo plays a friendly match at the Monumental Stadium and Colo Colo with the U by order of the Presidential Delegation, they cannot play on the same day ”, he told Bolavip Chile.
Finally, Lee indicated that the two great options to host this match would be the Elías Figueroa Brander Stadium or the Nicolás Chahuán Nazar Stadium, where in the next few hours they hope to be able to define a specific venue.
“Fifth region is the most likely, we are contacting the Elías Figueroa and we are contacting the Unión La Calera stadium and based on that we will make a decision as leadership,” he concluded.
