May 4, 2024 at 7:21 p.m.
University of Chile will be measured against Sports Iquique this Sunday in Concepción. The student squad wants to extend its lead in the National Championship by defeating its biggest rival in the standings.
Gustavo Álvarez’s squad arrives at the match at a great time and with a Leandro Fernandez illuminated after scoring and providing two assists against Huachipato, to now face a team already known to him
And despite the fact that the Celestial Dragons returned to the honorary category of Chilean soccer only this season, It will not be the first time that the Argentine faces Iquique.
The afternoon of glory of Leandro Fernández
On July 12, 2017, the confrontation took place between Independent of Avellaneda and Deportes Iquique for the first leg of the second phase of the Copa Sudamericana. The score was a categorical 4-2 in favor of the trans-Andean King of Cups.
The current forward of the U shined with his own light that afternoon. In the second half, He contributed a wonderful assist to Esequiel Barco, and in the third conquest he scored with one of the shouts of the team led by Ariel Holan that also had Nery Domínguez, former blue player, among the scorers.
That afternoon, Leandro Fernández He was chosen as the figure of the party by the official broadcastand to this day it is remembered as one of the attacker’s best performances with the Avellaneda team shirt.
A season to remember
In the following phases, the current blue striker continued to appear in the nets, which allowed the trans-Andean team to reach the final, in which They beat Flamengo in a memorable final at the Maracaná.
That title crowned what is so far Leandro Fernández’s most successful season in his career. The striker only has four trophies in his cabinets: Sudamericana (2017), Suruga Bank (2018), Uruguay Super Cup (2021) and Guatemala League (2014), so he will want to add medals this season with Universidad de Chile.
