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Palestinian He wasted his options this Thursday in El Salvador and only reaped a goalless draw against Cobresal, leaving the key open in the first phase of the Copa Sudamericana 2021.
The team of Jose Luis Sierra, A visitor to the El Cobre stadium, he suffered before the iron defense of the miners, in a match where the first half was friction and the second, almost entirely dominated by the Arabs.
In the opening bars, Palestino tried to develop his touch game and exert strong pressure when Cobresal left, although little by little he began to feel fatigue, due to the altitude and the lack of rhythm in the first official game of the season.
However, they were the pupils of Gustavo Huerta those who were encouraged the most with shots on goal, but the goal Cristopher Toselli, one of Palestino’s reinforcements, contained each shot with solvency.
In the second part, Palestino entered with everything and the stick avoided the goal, after a header from Sánchez Sotelo.
Minutes later, the “Magician” Luis Jiménez tried with a distant missile, but goalkeeper Leandro Requena, a great figure from Cobresal, deflected it with his points.
The worst moment for the miners came in the 65th minute, after Oscar Salinas, in an absurd foul against Agustín Farías, was sent off for a double warning.
With one less, Cobresal suffered the siege of Palestino, although he was able to maintain the goal without goals, due to the lack of depth of the Arab attacks.
The one classified to the next phase between Palestino and Cobresal will be resolved in three more weeks, on April 8 in Santiago.
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