translated from Spanish: Daniel Morón and Lizard garrido recounted what it’s like to play a Superclassic with the U on the edge of the B

Just before Universidad de Chile descended to “B” for the 1988 National Championship, he played a Superclassic with Colo Colo, in January 1989, a duel that ended with controversy over the blue triumph (3-0). The Albos fans believed that their cast had been lost, because of the friendship of his technician, Arturo Salah, with the “against” colleague Manuel Pellegrini.
Daniel Morón was the goalkeeper who received the of Jorge Pérez (14′), Cristián Olguín (50′) and Roberto Reynero (59′) and remembered that they had a hard time. “At that time there were about four dates missing and the U still had options. For the player there is always the hope that he will win. They didn’t think they were going downhill. It’s like in life if you’re sick, you always think you’re going to get better, not that you’re going to die,” he told SoyChile.
He also recalled that the pressure of the environment influenced. According to the exporter, they could not abstract the most from the speculation. “In this match we talked about Salah’s friendship with Pellegrini, he was going to give him a hand. What happened to that game? We wanted to kill the match early, then they make us a first goal and you start playing with the nervousness, which is not only because of what had been said but, because you are losing the Classic. Then they punish us with another goal and finish us off with the third. For people it was like confirmation that we had sold,” he said.
The defender Lizardo Garrido also, present at that meeting period said that year they were offered “triple prizes for winning. That (if I had given the U a hand) I categorically disregard it. A super-educated, transparent person like Salah who goes like this through life, doesn’t cross his mind to do something like that. Unfortunately we played like garlic and lost.”
The exarcher of the Albos told how the end of the encounter was the beginning of martyrdom. “It was very painful for us. You have a hard time, because you don’t understand how this shitty team is going to beat you, that doesn’t beat anybody. After everything that had happened, what was said in the week. You have a hard time,” he added.
However, despite the doubts of the Chief’s fans, the two rule out having played poorly for the U to maintain the category. “I still don’t know any player who pulls back. It’s impossible. That doesn’t exist,” Garrido said.
Morón believes that today something similar happens with the U, for him “they will go looking for him (the party) as takeoff. Colo Colo is less difficult. You arrive with more peace of mind. If you think about Colo Colo and the U, there is a tranquility, because one is in the descent zone and the other is not. Colo Colo is not comfortable, he has an obligation to win. You have to classify the Liberators, because we’re not going to think that Catholic is going to lose this championship.”
The “Chano” believes that on Saturday, Colo Colo could bury the blues. “If you beat him you leave it more complicated, but beyond, you can annoy them to collapse. But the games have to be played, it’s going to be difficult, with a lot of pressure. The people of Colo Colo are worried about playing well, because everyone loves being in the Classics. They know they’re going to make a country happy,” he said.
Morón, meanwhile, did not want to venture with a result, but he hopes that “Colo Colo will win, but I think it will be fome, because the two will take care of theself. None of them will want to lose.”
The “Chano” did play it for the ups. “Colo Colo wins. He has good players,” he said, while clarifying that he would not enjoy seeing the U in the “B”: “What I meant at the press conference was that the normal fan would enjoy it. I played ball. The U is important. If I hadn’t played, I’d be enjoying it.”

Original source in Spanish