translated from Spanish: Colo Colo takes over the top of the tournament after defeating Curicó at the Estadio Monumental

Colo Colo momentarily took the exclusive lead of the 2021 National Championship by defeating Curicó Unido 2-0 at home on Sunday, in a match played at the Estadio Monumental and valid for the fifteenth date. The victory in Pedrero allows the squad led by Gustavo Quinteros to reach 27 points, taking two of advantage to their closest pursuers, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Unión La Calera.Eso sí, the ‘cementeros’ have later the great option of ending the date as solitary pointers if they beat everton in the ‘Nicolás Chahuán’. the maule region table suffered in the capital its eighth fall of the season and remains in the penultimate place of the table with 10 units. Despite not showing his best version, the ‘Cacique’ was more than his rival and his superiority ended up reflecting it on the scoreboard. The ‘torteros’, meanwhile, went from less to more in performance, but far from threatening the triumph of the home owner. The zero was broken in Macul in the 29th minute. Great pass between the lines of Marcos Bolados for Iván Morales, who in speed hooked and later defined with class before the bilge of the goal Pablo Perafán.Ya in the complement, to the 62′, increased the cast ‘popular’. After another pass from Bolados, Leonardo Gil took out on the edge of the area a low shot and stuck to the left stick of a static albirrojo goalkeeper. Another incident of importance came in the 70 minutes with a goal by Bayron Oyarzo for the outsider, with a great volley in the ‘hot zone’, so much so that it ended up being annulled by the VAR due to a previous offside of Leandro Benegas.Por the date 16 of the tournament, Colo Colo will visit on Saturday, August 14 to Unión Española, while Curicó Unido will be an outsider on Sunday 15 against Palestino…..

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