translated from Spanish: La Serena turned it around against Palestino and got into the top of the table

Deportes La Serena got on Tuesday a meritorious victory of 4-3 at home against Palestino, in a match valid for the eleventh date of the National Championship 2021.The hosts came from less to more to take the three points, after the cast of cologne quickly put themselves in advantage, but ended the first period with one man less. The “Arabs” quickly took advantage of the errors in the opponent’s exit, which allowed Luis Jiménez (2′) to open the account with a precise cross shot. It was the first quarter of an hour when another ball lost by the local defense left Bruno Barticciotto in option to stretch the advantage, but after a stoppage of Toselli, Carlos Villanueva (15′) put the 2-0.Although the procedure of the match favored the directed of José Luis Sierra, the expulsion of Jonathan Benítez (36′) gave a new air to the garnets , which they discounted with a goal by Humberto Suazo (40′). When the first half ended and the local pressed for the tie, Villanueva (42′) appeared again to take advantage of the doubts of the “papayera” lag and mark the 3-1.The team of Miguel Ponce did not lower their arms, so in the second half he came out determined to cut distances, which he achieved through Jorge Benítez (50′). The serenenses maintained control of the game, achieving in the 77th minute the 3-3 after a good collective play, finished with a precise header from Richard Paredes.When the commitment ended and it seemed that the points would be distributed, Paredes (91′) took advantage of another good collective play to make it 4-3 of the local. Great victory of Deportes La Serena, which allow it to reach 18 points in the table and place in fourth place, two units behind the leaders Audax Italiano (20) and Unión La Calera (20). For its part, Palestino paid dearly for the expulsion of Jonathan Benitez, who in the end was key to staying empty-handed and stagnating with 11 points in 14th position.

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