The premiere of Jeison Fuentealba at the University of Chile concluded in the least expected way. During the second half, the 20-year-old youth player received a second yellow card for obstructing the start of the game and had to leave the pitch. Fortunately for the blues, Magallanes was already playing with a man less, because Felipe Flores had suffered the same fate.
unexpected debut
Fuentealba was the big surprise in the starting eleven of the local in La Serena. Despite the poor performance of the Red Under 20 in the South American Championship, the midfielder left good feelings in the three games he played. After participating in the Colombian contest, he joined the blue squad and was confirmed for 2023.
Pellegrino included Fuentealba in midfield, fulfilling the role of right midfielder. During the first half, he did not intervene regularly with the ball, but tried to form a circulation circuit for the ball with Yonathan Andia and Darío Osorio, winger and right winger, respectively.
When Magallanes achieved depth in his attacking actions, the youth centralized and Israel Poblete accompanied Emmanuel Ojeda in the formation of a duo of central midfielders. At times he operated as a ‘circumstantial 10’, but after recovering the ball, it did not reach him.
In his interventions during the offensive phase, he resolved simply with the ball, through control and pass actions. Only on a few occasions did he attempt some movements while driving and protecting the ball, particularly in the context of interactions with Osorio and Andía.
Past and present
In the victory against Magallanes, Fuentealba added the first 50 minutes in the first team of the U. The inclusion of Pellegrino in the title reveals that the youth player has a good footballing consideration on the part of DT, which anticipates that he will have chances to intervene during the season.
Today, the panorama is very different for the young midfielder, since before he had to emigrate looking for options of greater prominence. In 2022, and in his professionalism debut, he performed in La Serena, a cast that finally lost the category, falling to Ascent.
In the northern team, Fuentealba left a record of seven games played in the National Championship and another two in the Copa Chile. Of the nine meetings, six duels were in starting condition. him reaching a figure of 420 minutes with the maroon box shirt.