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Unión Española failed in its attempt to catch up with Universidad Católica in the leadership of the 2020 National Championship by losing 1-0 on its visit to Santiago Wanderers, in a match played at the Elías Figueroa Brander Stadium and valid for the 19th date.
The team led by Ronald Fuentes had to win to accompany the crusaders to the top, but they could not make a difference in the port. What’s more, the ‘caturros’ more than deserved the three points as they were the most proposed team.
In the classification, the ‘Hispanic’ team remained in second place with 39 units, three from the current two-time national football champion, and only surpassed the third Union La Calera by goal difference.
For its part, the squad led by Miguel Ramírez reached 23 positives in the standings and jumped from fifteenth to eleventh place, distancing itself from the lower zone.
The tonic of the duel was the constant pressure exerted by Wanderers at the exit of the colony. The ‘Reds’ were annulled and suffered excessively in the second half, where the ‘Greens’ had at least three clear chances to break zero.
The best of the struggle was lived in the complement. The visitor first warned, at 58 minutes, with a raised header in a comfortable position by Mauro Caballero after a center from Juan Pablo Gómez on the right.
After that, the ‘Dean’ settled in the rival field and made the ‘Hispanic’ behind suffer. Sebastián Ubilla was very close to scoring at 71 ‘with a shot in the small area that hit the right vertical of a defeated Diego Sánchez.
At 74 minutes, meanwhile, Sebastián Ubilla overflowed on the right and yielded to Marco Medel, who hit him from the entrance of the area and the ball hit the post.
Shortly after, at 79 ‘, a powerful forehead from Enzo Gutiérrez found the great reaction of’ Mono ‘Sánchez, who flew to his right to send the ball to the corner.
The award from the Valparaíso team for his insistence came at 88 minutes. Carlos Rotondi recovered a ball in the rival’s exit, the mark was taken and between three men he took a powerful left-foot strike for the Union goalkeeper.
For day 20 of the tournament, Santiago Wanderers will visit Audax Italiano on Tuesday, November 24, while Unión Española will host O’Higgins on Monday 23.
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