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The University of Chile closes a bitter Sunday day. After the ‘Leonas’ lost the title to Santiago Morning in Viña del Mar, the men’s squad only equaled against Huachipato (2-2) at the National Stadium for the 25th date of the championship. The difference between the two teams in the standings remains the same: one unit.
In the first minutes, the cast of Gustavo Florentín exerted an interesting pressure on the U field, seeking to strike a blow. As happened last day against Curicó at the CAP, marked by a lack of intelligence from Paulo Garcés. Meanwhile, Rafael Dudamel’s team chose Gutiérrez’s sector to do damage. Jean Beausejour was screened at 18 ‘and crossed for Reinaldo Lenis, who with a timid header activated Gabriel Castellón.
Six minutes later, the Colombian again starred in a risky action. After Matías Rodríguez recovered the ball at the exit of Huachipato, the former Banfield shot away. The ball went over the horizontal, although it was the warning of what would come in the next play: Pablo Aránguiz joined the different Walter Montillo, who was on the right, and at the entrance of the area the ‘Squirrel’ opened the account. His shot was diverted by Nicolás Ramírez and that complicated the goal.
The response from the visit did not take long. Walter Mazzanti drove from the right towards the middle, unloaded with Valenzuela and the midfielder beat Fernando de Paul (32 ‘). It was a play that exposed the defensive fragility of the U. The Argentine striker dodged his markers very easily and the former Palestinian was very alone on the edge of the area. But that would not be the only failure of the students.
At 37 ‘from Paul, he failed to pocket a long ball from Claudio Sepúlveda and that was taken advantage of by Cris Martínez, who captured the rebound and leveled the score. The U fell asleep in a few minutes and Huachipato took advantage of it. However, the steelmakers also had shortcomings. About the end of the first half Rodríguez overflowed very comfortable on the right and gave the tie to Joaquín Larrivey, who only had to push her. It was his first major intervention after long passages of solitude.
In the complement, the U again exhibited problems in its defense. In fact, a side from Rodríguez’s sector ended with a great shot from Valenzuela, who wanted to place the ball in the upper right corner of the blue goal. De Paul, very upset by the genesis, solved very well sending the ball to the corner. Then there were aftershocks on the other side of the field: Lenis invented a luxurious play, but his shot found Castellón’s hands; Montillo fired wide; and Larrivey missed in the small area.
Despite the arrivals, the level tended to drop at the Nacional. Mazzanti was exhausted and Huachipato lost speed, surprise and dynamics, in part, on the side of Beausejour. A factor that, as the minutes passed, the U appreciated and wanted to take advantage of. 15 ‘from the end, Fernando Cornejo appeared from behind the right side and headed to the post. In the middle, no one could connect with the rebound.
Later, who had another chance was Larrivey, but the action caught him off guard and he could not define in a good way. In the last minutes, a U without Montillo, Aránguiz and Larrivey tried with more desire than football ideas, but in the definition the blues were not fine. Neither the income of Nicolás Guerra and Ángelo Henríquez was enough. Now the university classic appears.
