South American Cup: Unión La Calera achieves historic classification

Union La Calera took advantage of the away goal to advance in the South American Cup, after drawing 1-1 against Sports Tolima in Colombia and 0-0 in the first leg in Chile, achieving a historic classification to the round of 16.

If in La Calera both teams left much to be desired in an even match, this Thursday they had an entertaining duel, but also quite even and that could only be settled by the rule of the visitor goal.

The Colombians opened the account only after 36 minutes of the game. Omar Albornoz commanded a great backlash down the left wing and crossed to Leandro Campaz, who defined in a good way to put the locals ahead.

But the Caleranos were able to equalize the actions before going to rest, after a great center that controlled Esteban Valencia and left alone Andres Vilches, who defined with the goal in hand, scoring the key goal.

In addition, the visiting players began to feel the wear and tear of the game, but they knew how to hold the draw and the away goal until the last minute, which ended up giving a historic classification. Now wait rival between Colonia Square from Uruguay or Junior from Barranquilla.

The historic goal of Andrés Vilches for the classification in the South American Cup:

💪 The goal of the classification of @ulcsadpoficial! Andrés Vilches scored the tie against @cdtolima that was worth the pass to the round of 16 of the #South American. pic.twitter.com/spWlESXlM4

– CONMEBOL Sudamericana (@Sudamericana) November 4, 2020