Audax Italiano lost ground in the fight for the championship after falling to Palestino in La Pintana

A defeat that leaves the squad led by Pablo ‘Vitamina’ Sánchez in third place with 41 points, five of the leader Colo Colo and three of the second, Universidad Católica, with a duel more than albos and crusaders. Meanwhile, the ‘Arabs’ achieved an important victory in their fight to get out of the bottom of the table. They jumped to the twelfth place in the classification with 28 units, five over the team that today is playing the Promotion, Huachipato.It began winning the outsider with the scoring in the 18th minute of the experienced midfielder Carlos Villanueva, with a perfect header after center of Bryan Carrasco.The assistant of the 1-0 would be in charge of increasing for those of Patricio Graff, at 42′. Recovery of Jonathan Benítez, assistance of Bruno Barticciotto and definition of the ‘Velocirraptor’ to beat Joaquín Muñoz.In the complement, at 52′, the audinos outlined a reaction with the discount of the Argentine attacker Lautaro Palacios, who defined with a left-footed cross in the ‘hot zone’ after a carrerón. However, the visitor reacted immediately and placed the third goal in the 53rd minute through Nicolás Berardo, with a powerful brace in the area after a corner kick from Carrasco.La emotion would be installed in the end in the commune of the southern sector of Santiago with the second goal of Palacios, who at 82′ commanded a counter-attack and defined from the right in the area. For the 26th day of the tournament, Palestino will host O’Higgins on Friday, October 15, while Audax Italiano will visit Universidad de Chile on the same day.

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