The U achieves a “golden” triumph against the U. de Concepción and moves away from the relegation zone – Fútbol Nacional

University of Chile achieved a “golden” triumph by beating the University of Concepcion 2-0 at the National Stadium, with a brace from Colombian Reinaldo Lenis.

The Blues clearly beat a direct rival in the fight not to be relegated, and despite the fact that they are still third to last in the performance coefficient table, they significantly distanced themselves from the penquistas.

Lenis was a figure and scored both goals of the local triumph. First at 52 ‘, the former Banfield took out two players, took advantage of a failed clearance and defined the opening of the account. And at 63 ‘, the Colombian defined a center by Pablo Aránguiz, who previously left Leandro Díaz on the ground with a game.

In addition, Lenis was able to score another at 50 ‘when he reached the baseline after leaving two visiting players on the ground, but preferred to put a cross that no one reached. Good preparation for the coffee grower, who had been criticized after his matches against UC and Cobresal.

Before the double, the commitment had not had any miracle goals. The U hit the crossbar three times. First it was Walter Montillo at 7 ‘, who almost got a goal behind a wall with Joaquín Larrivey but the crossbar denied him the celebration.

Later it was Matías Rodríguez’s turn at 12 ‘, who headed off the post after a free kick. And the bad luck of the Blues was consolidated at 26 ‘with an almost own goal from Campanil that hit the left vertical.

Despite being totally outmatched in the first half, those led by Hugo Balladares -who made his debut after Eduardo Acevedo’s departure- also managed to make danger. His best chance was a shot by Cecilio Waterman in the mouth of the goal at 34 ‘that went through the roof. In addition, the southerners claimed a penalty for a possible foul by Luis Casanova at 7 ‘, but judge Juan Lara dismissed the action.

The U. de Concepción had more chances in the complement, like a shot by Maximiliano Quinteros at 46 ‘and another shot by Waterman at 57’, but in both Fernando de Paul appeared in a providential way to avoid the goal. Of course, in the second save, “Tuto” left a rebound, but Matías Cabrera wasted it with a horrible shot.

After Lenis’s annotations, the Biobío team resigned and barely bothered De Paul’s goal again except for a shot near the end of Antonio Ramírez.

Thus, Universidad de Chile added three key points and was fifth with 39 units, in the South American Cup zone. Meanwhile, in the weighted average it has an average of 1,200, just above Universidad de Concepción, penultimate with 1,034 and playing a game for permanence. ANDn the 2020 tournament, Campanil is fourteenth with 31 points, 6 more than bottom-side Colo Colo.