After a week marked by their classification to the round of 16 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores, Colo Colo lost surprisingly 1-0 against Sports Copiapóone of the candidates for relegation, at the Monumental Stadium.
León de Atacama added three gold points in their fight to avoid relegationplacing itself in 13th place, with 15 units, relegating Audax Italiano and Cobreloa to the last positions along with the bottom player Unión La Calera.
Meanwhile, Colo Colo could not count on its central defender Maximiliano Falcón due to an injury in the last duel of the attacking youth squad Damian Pizarro with the alba shirt on the verge of his departure to Udinese in Italy.
The talented attacker Carlos Palacios was the first to dangerously approach the Coppapino goal with a first-time shot, but the winger Byron Nieto was notable in taking the ball from the line with a header.
The superiority continued to belong to the “Cacique”, but the offensive of the team led by Ivo Basay managed to generate the opening of the account with a good collective play between Maxi Quinteros and Franco Torres, which ended with the appearance from the far post of Felipe Reynero to beat goalkeeper Brayan Cortés and decrees the final 1-0.
Almost reaching the half hour mark, a good associated play by “Cacique” ended in a goal by Damián Pizarro, but it was disallowed because the ball crossed the baselinewhich was verified thanks to the VAR.
The situation became even more complicated for those led by Jorge Almirón after the expulsion of its captain Esteban Pavez, by a strong iron. The least man had a deep impact on the whites, who lost depth, so they could not equalize the score.
Colo Colo lost ground in its fight to get closer to the U at the top, with 26 points in fourth place, and next Sunday, June 16, it will debut in the Chile Cup against Colegio Quillón.
