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Colo Colo He was left with a revitalizing triumph this Sunday at beat Deportes Antofagasta 1-0 at the “Calvo y Bascuñán” Stadium, a result that allowed them to shorten the distance in order to leave the drop zone.
In a fiery match, the albos managed to overcome the dominance of the local actions, thus achieving open the scoring after 33 minutes of play with Gabriel Costa’s goal. The black spot of the action involved Matías Fernández, which in the play suffered muscularly and had to be replaced by Williams Alarcón, generating the concern of the coaching staff.
Holding on with a defensive order led by the Uruguayan Maximiliano Falcón, the “Cacique” knew how to go to rest with the advantage against a northern team that also suffered with the Andrés Souper’s injury, who was replaced by Ariel Uribe.
Already in the second half, the match had a series of controversies as the minutes passed. At 66 ‘, a violation of Byron Nieto on Alarcón cost him to be sent off with a red card after the intervention of the VAR, despite the fact that the referee Cristián Garay had shown him the yellow in the first instance.
Another controversy that the commitment had came in the 68 ‘, when coach Gustavo Quinteros was expelled from the bench for making obscene gestures towards Carlos Muñoz, which was warned by Garay and his assistants on the field of play.
When discounts were played, Héctor Tapia’s squad had a great opportunity to even the score, but a left-footed shot in Uribe’s area was taken on the line of the white arch by Maximiliano Falcón, which avoided parity before the final whistle.
Thanks to the victory, Colo Colo still in last place in the tournament, but added 25 points, leaving one from Coquimbo and two from Deportes Iquique, which is outside the relegation zone. The “Popular” must face next Wednesday Santiago Wanderers.
Antofagasta, for its part, stalled in fourth location with 40 units, and his next challenge will be to face Curicó Unido at La Granja Stadium.
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