In a “war of goals” Ñublense fell to Unión Española – La Discusión 2024-04-17 09:24:06

In a “war of goals” Ñublense fell to Unión Española in the second leg of the National Championship, by 5 goals to 3 in the duel played at the Santa Laura Stadium and which was valid for the sixth round of Chilean soccer.

The “Red” once again made transcendental defensive errors that condemned the result and suffered again with expulsions in the second half, which ended up condemning them to add their second consecutive defeat as a visitor and which left them complicated in the standings.

In the first half, the paintingHispanic” opened the scoring early through Franco Frías at 11′ who appeared alone in the area to take advantage of a rebound and score the first goal for the Ponce team.

As the minutes passed, the Chilaneja squad went out to look for the tie and also had to replace Oyarzo due to an injury allowing the entry and debut of Sánchez, who caused the foul that Rozas converted into a goal from a free kick at 28′ decreeing equality.

The duel was even, however, at 40′ Diego González appeared in the small area, after a new defensive lack of intelligence to beat Pérez and uneven the score once again favorable for Independencia.

In the second half, Salas’ team – who watched the match from the stands – quickly went out to find a goal that would help them get back into the game, however, Unión struck again in the 55th minute with Frías scoring the third goal, after a great counterattack.

Graciani restored hope with a great goal in the 61st minute where he faced down the right to beat Torgnascioli with a powerful shot. But, the Santiago team once again extinguished the hopes of the “Red” of reaching the tie, with a goal from Vecchio who connected with a header at the far post.

Sánchez, who had a great game, scored in the 76th minute, two minutes after Unión’s fourth to relight the flame of bringing a point to Chillán.

Finally, the decisive blow was scored by Ariel Uribe in the 88th minute to declare the final 5 to 3.

Salas’ team suffered again with the expulsions where Reyes and Medina saw red and will miss key duels with the “Devil” shirt.

Now, Ñublense is going to face Colo Colo this Saturday starting at 3 p.m., where they are forced to win at home