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University of Chile, with the figure of Walter Montillo as offensive leader, dominated the scoreboard before Sports Iquique and won 2-0 in the Land of Champions, by date 10 of the 2020 National Championship.
This is the U’s first triumph since football returned, since it had drawn draws with Palestino and Colo Colo, and had not celebrated since March (victory against O’Higgins) before the break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The team of Hernan Caputto, despite encountering fierce resistance from the pupils of Jaime Vera, He managed to capitalize on his scoring options, generated by the precision of the assists from the Blues’ talented midfielder.
The set began with an early lead for the laity, who wore red this Thursday, thanks to a “squirrel” center and a strong header from Joaquín Larrivey (8 ‘).
Iquique tried to react. Gustavo Lorenzetti tried to put together a game and Ricardo Blanco he was encouraged on several occasions with distant shots, but there was no connection with the forwards. They only had one chance, a shot by César Huanca that Fernando de Paul rejected with his feet.
After half an hour, Montillo recovered a ball, and after a series of passes, with the outer edge he showed his quality and allowed Nicolas Guerra will specify the assist to increase the advantage for the outsiders (35 ‘).
The U did not settle and took refuge to protect the result
In the second half, the “chunchos” tried to finish the game and attacked constantly for 10 minutes. However, there was no clarity and with disorder they wasted their opportunities for the third goal.
Iquique, for his part, made changes to seek a tie, took possession of the possession and began the offensive siege. With that scenario, Caputto also modified the scheme and decided to withdraw the team to avoid surprises: two dates ago he also won by two goals and ended up drawing with Palestino.
With the result, the U was affirmed with 19 points in the fourth place, one less than the two bodyguards, Unión Española and Unión La Calera, and to six of the leader Catholic University.
Iquique, on the other hand, lost its streak of consecutive wins, and was 11 points in eleventh place.
On the next date, Iquique will travel to Santiago to face Palestinian, while lU will have to go to Rancagua to face Cobresal at home.