Colo Colo falls to La Serena and is more sunk than ever

29 years ago, Colo Colo faced Red Star in Tokyo. That day, the albos disputed the Intercotinental Cup, which they agreed to after winning the Copa Libertadores. Without the Club World Cup even in the works, it was the true end of the world. The 3-0 favorable to the European champion was a hard slap.

Today, at the Monumental, Colo Colo was playing another final of the world. This, yes, you have to write it in quotes. “End of the world”, so that sarcasm is understood. Because it was an improper definition of the prestige and history of the popular team. Because the goal was far from wanting to become the best team on the planet. The albos had to win not to be the only bottoms of the tournament. And not even that they were able to achieve. Worse still, they lost again, in a dangerous custom, which becomes even more unpresentable because it takes place in a Monumental that, again in reference to a history that today seems distant and nostalgic, before was impregnable even for the most linajudo rival.

This Colo Colo, although it is read as a repeated reflection after each of its matches in 2020, is no longer even capable of being respected. Not at home. He is so weak that, again, they mark him the first time they arrive. It had already happened in front of Curicó Unido and Huachipato. They attack and mark him. Yesterday, the same story. And with a villain also repeated. It is difficult to understand what Ronald de la Fuente wanted to do when trying to clear a ball that he should have served more quickly. As he resolved horribly, I made it easier for Martín Tonso, the least popular of those who yesterday returned to Macul eager to take a revenge, so that he could solve with a left-footed shot that put the ball far out of Brayan Cortés’s reach, even though In social networks, the Cacique’s fans turned to criticize the Iquiqueño.

From then on, the Cacique was a summary of the disastrous year he is doing. The presence of Matías Fernández, this time, was not enough for him to have any idea in the gaming generation. In the attack, the return of Pablo Mouche did not provide him with the hierarchy that should be required of him. And on the other side, Gabriel Costa was again the worst version of himself, after some games with improvements.

Nicolás Blandi, who once again had a chance to convince Quinteros and the fans in the absence of Esteban Paredes, threw it overboard again. And Javier Parraguez, who came in to replace him, does not even deserve the comment.

Quinteros kept looking. Leonardo Valencia and Ignacio Jara jumped from the bench to try to change his face, but they did not succeed either. And, to make matters worse, in the midst of the search for a tie, including defensive disorder, Rodrigo Salinas made it 0-2, in a counterattack.

La Serena, on the other hand, was solvent, had in Richard Paredes a permanent risk factor and Sebastián Leyton for balance. When he needed to handle the duel, Miguel Ponce sent Jaime Valdés to the court. Thus he stayed with the end of the world and brought the albos to the afterlife. Sunken.