Catholic University celebrated a close victory this Saturday after winning by 1-2 against Spanish Union at the Santa Laura Stadium during the eleventh date of the National Championship.
The process of a match full of rivalry had nothing to envy of a classic. Although the Hispanic cast dominated from the start with great authority, they were unable to translate that superiority before Stefano Magnasco (34′) was sent off for a double yellow card.
That action gave the focus to Francisco Gilabert, who began to interrupt each ball dispute with cards. Hence Miguel Ponce (40′) had the same fate as his pupil after a claim, unleashing the fury of the local bias in Independencia.
For the complement, the team trained by Tiago Nunes took advantage of the numerical superiority and found the spaces in a gallop by Alexander Aravena for the goal of Clemente Montes (57′). Following that, it was Fernando Zampedri (65′) who rose higher than the rest to double the advantage.
With their mood through the roof, the foreign team decided to sustain the result by relying on the great interventions of their goalkeeper. Thomas Gillier gradually rose as the figure until Valentin Adamo (88′) gave drama to the closing of the match with a late discount.
Despite this, the scoreboard did not move again and with the final whistle the UC was able snatch fifth place from Hispanics with 18 pointsrelegating his opponent to sixth place with 17 units.
The next challenge for both teams will be next Saturday, May 11, when Unión Española vVisit Hauchipato at 12:30 p.m. (16:30 GMT) and the foothills team receives to O’Higgins during 5:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. GMT).
