This afternoon as a visitor, Coquimbo Unidos will face Trasandino, the first leg of the North Zonal regional quarterfinals of the Copa Chile. After defeating the Municipal Salamanca team in a penalty shootout, the pirates meet the Los Andes team, who have just defeated La Serena, also in a twelve-step definition.
The round of 16 of the federative competition in the country offered only one match, so after equality the penalty kicks were immediately disputed, however, this time the round includes two matches, the rematch between the albiverdes and the aurinegros, was scheduled for Saturday the 29th, at 12:30 p.m. at the Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium in the port city.
After the break that Fernando Díaz gave his team after facing a demanding first semester that involved participating in the group round of the Copa Sudamericana and the first round of the League tournament, placing themselves in second place – only surpassed by the University of Chile – The duel with the “Brujas” in Salamanca was complicated, both due to the complications presented by the home team, and due to the lack of contact in the bearded team, which was a mix of those who have not faced each other. many minutes in the first six months of the year with young people looking to earn a space on the squad.
THE LOSSES
Although they qualified in the penalty shootout, the match was costly in global terms due to the injuries suffered by the trans-Andean attacker Nicolás Johansen, as well as the winger Cristopher Barrera, who will have to recover in the coming weeks, although it is expected, in the case of the gunner, at least, who can arrive for the first day of the round of revenge scheduled for the penultimate weekend of July.
The one from Douglas Haig in his country suffered a broken wrist when he hit a fence, so he has already undergone surgery and is expected to be back in about five weeks. The case of the right winger, meanwhile, was known through the coaching staff of the aurinegro team that he had a sacral fracture, also caused by a blow in the duel against the Salamanca team, although his recovery could give a little more.
For the same reason, Díaz will have to present a couple of modifications to his star 11 to make up for both losses, so it is estimated that today he will have a squad a little more similar to the starters, remembering that Salvador Sánchez was sent off in the duel of round of 16 and will miss the first leg in Los Andes, a place that could be occupied by Franco Cabrera or Manuel Fernández, it is also expected that full-back Dylan Escobar will return on the right wing, among the main novelties for this clash that will be refereed by Yerko Montenegro and will begin at 3:00 p.m.
