In a foggy Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso stadium, Coquimbo Unidos and Palestino caught up in the National Championship animating a opaque goalless draw that left the aurinegro team as escort from Universidad de Chile, just one point behind the bluesexclusive leaders of the contest.
The Pirates came into this match with a streak of 10 games without losing and knowing that a victory would put them as the sole leaders of the competition. For their part, the Arabs, who on the previous date defeated Audax Italiano, could jump to third place in the table.
Both teams printed great intensity during the first minutes of the match, with the locals knocking on César Rigamonti’s door at 10′, with a header from Dylan Escobar repelled by the goalkeeper. Using the same technique, Bryan Carrasco wanted to surprise but the ball hit the post (16′).
As the game progresses, The filibuster team settled better on the playing field and took control of the actionswhich was reflected with a left footed shot by Martín Mundaca that the goalkeeper was responsible for sending to the corner (21′) and a deflected shot by Luciano Cabral, who missed from an unbeatable position (37′).
After an extremely even start in the second half, the home team took back the reins of the match and once again worried the Basque base with a shot by Sebastián Cabrera that Rigamonti contained in two halves (57′) and another approach by Escobar, but the ball he capriciously passed by the post.
Only at the end of the match did Pablo Sánchez’s pupils encourage him a little more on the rival field and at the feet of Michael Fuentes (80′) and Pablo Palacio (84′), he generated two clear chances that they were unable to finish, and the score did not move in the Fourth Region.
This way, Barbón remained in second place with 31 points and closed the first round just one unit behind the U. For its part, the tetracolor cast reached 25 positives to remain in fifth place, with the risk of being surpassed by Unión Española, if the Hispanics beat Unión La this Friday Calera.
After a few days of rest, both clubs will have to face the round of 16 of the Chile Cup, with Coquimbo Unidos visiting Municipal Salamanca in the North Zone and Palestino facing Santiago City in the North Central Zone.
Coquimbo Kingdom
Diego Sánchez; Dylan Escobar, Bruno Cabrera, Manuel Fernández, Sebastián Cabrera; Cristopher Barrera (Alejandro Azócar, 66′), Sebastián Galani (Alejandro Camargo, 82′), Dylan Glaby, Martín Mundaca (Benjamín Chandía, 56′); Luciano Cabral, Nicolás Johansen (Andrés Chávez, 66′). (DT: Fernando Díaz)
Palestinian
Caesar Rigamonti Benjamín Rojas, Antonio Ceza, Cristian Suárez, Bryan Véjar; Nicolás Linares; Bryan Carrasco, Ariel Martínez (Joe Abrigo, 60′), Misael Dávila (Michael Fuentes, 66′), Jonathan Benítez (Pablo Palacio, 77′); Felipe Chamorro. (DT: Pablo Sánchez)
Referee: Cristian Garay
Stadium: Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo
