Campos’ ‘revenge’ against U

Universidad de Chile tied 0-0 against San Antonio in the first leg of the Copa Chile zonal quarterfinals. Cristóbal Campos shone against his former club, from which he had a controversial departure at the time. The goalkeeper prevented the blues from scoring the winning goal on several occasions. The key will be resolved this Monday in the second leg at the National Stadium.

From the beginning, the difference in category between the blue team and the locals in the stadium was clear. Nicholas Chahuan from La Calera. The blue team had control of the match and generated several attacking actions that, due to Campo’s merit or poor finishing by the visitors, did not end in the opening of the score. Leandro Fernández, Cristian Palacios and Fabián Hormazábal were able to score, but the goal did not come for the U.

At 27 minutes the unexpected happened. In an unexpected reaction, Fernández punched Kevin Hidalgo in the abdomen and was expelled from the field. When they were dominating without incident and it seemed that the first figure would arrive soon, suddenly the U was left with 10 men.

The absence of the Argentine striker excited San Antonio and they almost scored from the free kick. A header from Claudio Navarrete demanded a good save from Christopher Toselli to avoid conquest. However, it was just a mirage, because the procedure remained the same, despite the fact that the U was playing outnumbered.

In the final stretch of the first half, the blues remained in the opposite field, dominating the game and also the attacking situations. Lucas Assadi tried a powerful shot that Campos saved well. Palacio also had another chance to score, but failed to control it and the action finally faded.

The opening actions of the second half were different and marked a change in the development of the match. San Antonio displayed a plan with more initiative and alternated in dominating the game with the blues, taking advantage of the numerical advantage. They had dangerous arrivals that forced the visiting defense to clear urgently. However, the U still managed to complicate things in the opposing penalty area and Assadi and Palacios They were close to converting.

In the final stretch of the match, the U regained control of the actions, but not with the handling of the ball, but with repeated arrivals at the rival goal. Then, Campos’ figure grew. The former blue goalkeeper prevailed in two plays by Palacios and, in the clearest situation to score, avoided the goal of debutant Ignacio Vásquez. In the end, the duel was resolved 0-0, due to the great work of the goalkeeper.