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Universidad Católica overwhelmingly beat Audax Italiano 3-0 at the San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium and escaped again in the leadership of the National Championship, after 11 games played.
The “Crusaders” come with confidence and a good football level to the duel next Wednesday against Gremio for the Copa Libertadores, a tournament in which they will seek to add their first three points.
UC did not get off to a good start. In fact, it was quite difficult to generate dangerous arrivals at the start, which, in any case, was not an impediment for César Pinares opened the scoring on the first clear chance he had in the 28th minute.
That goal opened the path for the Pre-Andean team, who unleashed themselves and scored two more goals at the end of the first half, thanks to Luciano Aued, from a penalty (39 ‘) and then with an own goal by Fabián Torres (40’).
Before the halftime whistle, those led by Ariel Holan could well increase the figures even more, with a shot from Fernando Zampedri who hit the crossbar (43 ‘) and a great personal move by Edson Puch, which narrowly missed (45’).
In the second half, there were not many actions to highlight and the most emotional thing for the “fringe” was the return of Francisco “Gato” Silva, who after just over a year returned to the courts, after suffering a fracture of the tibia and fibula in September 2019 in a commitment to Unión La Calera, for Copa Chile.
Now, UC must work for the continental duel, which It will take place on Wednesday from 9:30 p.m. (00:30 GMT), where they will have the obligation to win to continue with real chances of advancing to the round of 16.
Audax, for its part, will only return to action on September 26 against Curicó Unido at the Bicentennial Stadium in La Florida.
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