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Everton: Herrera; San Juan, Pereira, Suárez, Zúñiga; Berríos, Lobos, Echeverría, Cuevas; González, Menéndez (77 ′, M. Pol). DT: F. Nogara.
U. of Chile: From Paul; Rodríguez, Casanova, Del Pino, Beausejour (85 ′, Carrasco); Moya, Cornejo, Montillo (85 ′ M. Morales); Henríquez (52 ′, Cortés), Larrivey, Guerra (69 ′, Martínez). DT: R. Dudamel.
Goals: 0-1, 17 ′: Larrivey, headed after Rodriguez pivot; 1-1, 42 ′: Cuevas, after great assistance from Menéndez.
Incidents: De Paul saved González a penalty at 85 ′.
Referee: Deischler. He admonished González, Cuevas, Lobos (E); Moya, Beausejour (U).
Stadium: Sausalito. No audience.
In italics, youth players.
Rafael Dudamel’s debut on the bench at Universidad de Chile coincided with a key match in the fight for relegation. The U visited Everton, in Viña del Mar, in a clash that promised a lot of tension and battle, since both teams are complicated in the average table, so adding three was urgent.
The Venezuelan coach had not been able to be on the court, after contracting Covid-19. For this reason, yesterday he could be seen giving directions for the first time. “Let’s get out, gosh!” He yelled at his defense, as it tended to back down.
Dudamel came out with a line of four in defense, with three flyers and with three forwards. However, in the first minutes the blue cast waited for the roulette players in their own field. The approach was somewhat conservative and the venue had a couple of approaches in which he made goalkeeper Fernando de Paul work.
It was difficult for the visitor to have the ball. In that sense, the absence of Gonzalo Espinoza was noted, suspended for yellow cards. However, with the passage of the first half and more the screams of the Caribbean coach, the student cast advanced the lines, although without danger.
Everton was a little deeper, but it was the U that opened the account on the first arrival he had. A corner executed by Walter Montillo found the pivoting of Matías Rodríguez, who Joaquín Larrivey was in charge of putting in the goal before the weak and late exit of goalkeeper Johnny Herrera.
The result was unfair and felt by the homeowner, who was left without reaction for long passages. Until Juan Cuevas appeared. The Argentine nationalized Mexican was a constant headache for the university defense and reaffirmed it at the edge of the break. After a great combination with Cristián Menéndez, he scored the equalizer with a strong left foot inside the area.
The draw was not a good deal for either and both came out more determined in the second period. That changed from the first part. What did not change was the poor performance of Ángelo Henríquez, who a few minutes after starting the complement was replaced.
Dudamel sent Brandon Cortés to the field, in an attempt to have more possession, which U was lacking. The match became disputed, almost back and forth, half messy, but entertaining, after all.
The U had it at 71 ′, but Herrera contained Montillo’s shot, in a good blue counterattack built by the left zone. Everton waited and paid in kind. It worked for the local, because Luis Del Pino knocked down Walter González. Cesar Deischler charged a penalty. The same Paraguayan finished, but his weak shot found the body of goalkeeper De Paul.
None were happy about the draw. The result left bad faces on both teams, who are beginning to get nervous with the relegation averages. The biggest task is for Dudamel, because the U has long been in debt to the football team and his next rival is the two-time champion Universidad Católica.
