In their Copa Sudamericana group stage debut, the Academy drew 2-2 with the Rio de Janeiro club. He played almost the entire second half with one down due to Villanueva being sent off. The balance of local football between this tournament and the Libertadores is not good: two points in five games.
The last of the Chilean teams to enter the continental scene this week was Magellan . Play local again at El Teniente de Rancagua, Carnations’ Manojito made his Copa Sudamericana group stage debut with a draw It leaves a better taste in the mouth. It was 2-2 with historic Botafogo, coming back twice from a score against and playing almost the entire second half with 10.
The team led by Nicolás Núñez must get used to playing without Cesar Cortes. The one who has become the emblem of the caravel, a fundamental element of the recent successes of the traditional institution, has retired from football and settled in Spain. In this sense, Magallanes’ mission is to find his new football beacon. By position in the field, who has assumed this facet is Carlos Villanueva.
Against Fogao, the Chilean super champion played without surface reference, fault of Felipe Flores . There was no nominal 9. The attacking trio Alfaro-Jones-Zapata called for speed and good footing.
The start of the engagement was complicated for the local team. A gross defensive error allowed him to open the Cariocas account. They had just run six minutes into the game and the striker Tiquinho Soares put pressure on goalkeeper Gastón Rodríguez, who made a mistake stopping the ball after a pass from Quili Vilches and allowed the rival striker to get in the way and make it 1-0. The Academy made a huge mistake: you can’t give such a gift to a Brazilian team.
Gradually, Magallanes matched the stocks, despite some vulnerability in the background. Fortunately for Nicolás Núñez, they tied at 17′ thanks to a shot from Alfred Canales. The action was reviewed in the VAR, but the objective was finally validated. Then, in the 26th minute, Magallanes had the advantage with the speed of Yorman Zapata, although the Colombian could not face the goal. The last of the first half for the Chileans was at 41′, with a free kick from Aránguiz outside the wall, cleared by goalkeeper Lucas Perri.
If the start of the match was complicated for Magallanes, the start of the match was too. At 49 minutes, the Uruguayan judge Christian Ferreyra admonishes Carlos Villanueva for a serious fault, but the referee resorts to video refereeing. He decides to change the yellow to red. Outside the party pineapple. From then on, the writing of the albicelestes must have mutated.
One of the virtues of Magallanes, with its ups and downs, is that it has established itself as a competitive cast. And if you’re lucky, even better. 15 minutes from the end, an error by Botafogo allowed Simon counterras entered in place of Julián Alfaro, receives the ball. The former University of Chile eliminated a rival then finished between the legs of Lucas Perri, to register a 2-2 as surprising as celebrated in Rancagua.
The point ends up being approved for the Academy, thinking of the fight for the Group A of the South American. The next match for the Nationals is on April 19, visiting the Ecuadorian University Sports League.
Although the tie isn’t bad for Magallanes, considering he’s been playing with one less for almost a full time, the general assessment of the week is not good for Creole football. Between Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana, the national representatives did not win, adding only two points out of a possible 15. Audax Italiano, Palestino and Ñublense fell to Newell’s, Fortaleza and Racing respectively. While Colo Colo and Magallanes added deuces.
party sheet
magellan 2 : G.Rodriguez; M. Filla, C. Vilches, F. Piñero, N. Berardo (81′, F. Espinoza); T. Aránguiz, A. Canales (88′, J. Quiroz), C. Villanueva; J. Alfaro (58′, S. Contreras), T. Jones (82′, C. Jorquera) and Y. Zapata (81′, M. Vicuña). DT: N. Nuñez.
Botafogo 2 : Lucas Perry; L. Di Plácido (70′, Rafael), Adryelson, V. Cuesta, Marçal; Tché Tché, G. Pires (70′, M. Freitas); G. Sauer (70′, C. Alberto), Eduardo (82′, L. Fernandes), Víctor Sá (86′, Luis Henrique); and T. Soares. DT: L. Castro.
Goals : 0-1, 6′, Tiquinho Soares, who puts pressure on Rodríguez and takes advantage of his foul; 1-1, 17′, Canales, shot down after Villanueva’s pass; 1-2, 58′, Eduardo, after a corner; 2-2, 75′, Contreras, a rival came out and defined between the goalkeeper’s legs.
Arbitrator : C. Ferreyra (URU). He warned Piñero, Alfaro (M); Eduardo, Cuesta, Di Placido, Marcal (B). At the 50′ he expels Villanueva following a strong foul.
Rancagua El Teniente Stadium . 3,000 people attended, approx.
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