The Audax Italiano midfielder used his social networks to express his happiness for advancing to the round in the international competition.

the victory of A bold Italian regarding Catholic University, leaving her out of competition, was one of the great surprises of the first round of the Copa Sudamericana. An important triumph that allows the cast of colony to say present in the group stage of the contest and that is a resounding failure for those led by Ariel Holan.

With goals from Matías Sepúlveda, Gonzalo Sosa and Michael Fuentes, the Italians beat UC 3-2, who fought until the end thanks to Fernando Zampedri, who scored a brace.

A match with a special flavor for the national midfielder Marcelo Diaz, since for the first time since his return to Chilean soccer and as a confessed fan of the University of Chile, he was facing one of the greatest rivals of the secular cast. And he did it from the start and playing the 90 minutes.

His contribution in midfield was one of the highlights of the La Florida team and following the match, ‘Carepato’ was quick to express his happiness through their social networkswith an obvious nod to the ‘U’.

“Wounded Lion Roars Louder”was the message used by the two-time American champion midfielder to celebrate the Italian triumph, accompanied by a photograph showing his tattoo of the ‘Romántico Viajero’ shield.

Marcelo Diaz’s Instagram

It should be noted that despite his desire to return to the CDA, Díaz was not considered by Azul Azul and ended up joining the team led by Manuel Fernández last transfer market.