2023 National Championship: The U returns to victory; UC ties against Cobresal; and Colo-Colo plays today against Ñublense

The date 4 of the National Championship began this Thursday, February 9, although it still does not end since the duel between Huachipato and Colo-Colo was suspended due to the forest fires that affect the center-south of the country. The albos will recover this Monday their pending duel for date 3 against Ñublense which was also suspended for the same reasons.
This date had interesting duels, such as the triumph of the University of Chile against Magallanes, and the draws in the duels of the Catholic University against Cobresal and in the classic of colonies between Audax Italiano and Unión Española.
Thursday, February 9
Date 4 of the National Championship began last Thursday with the classic of colonies between Audax Italiano and the Spanish Union.
Audax Italiano 1 – 1 Spanish Union
In the Bicentennial Stadium of La Florida “Itálicos” and “Hispanos” equalized a goal with scores scored in the first half, which suffered a power cut in the enclosure. Gabriel Sosa at 45 + 11 ‘scored the first goal for the locals and Leandro Garate at 45 + 17 ‘decreed the tie.

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Friday, February 10
On Friday he had two matches: Deportes Copiapó against Palestino and Unión La Calera against Curicó Unido.
Sports Copiapó 1 – 3 Palestinian
At the Luis Valenzuela Stadium Hermosilla Deportes Copiapó received Palestino. The locals still do not add points in the First Division and begin to sink to the bottom of the table. Fernando Cornejo at 17′ opened the scoring in favor of the visit, while Isaac Díaz at 29′ momentarily tied the match. However, Misael Dávila at 67′ and at 90+4’ gave the victory to the “Arabs”.

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Unión La Calera 3 – 2 Curicó Unido
In the Nicolás Chahuán Nazar Stadium there was a dramatic encounter, since the Curicano cast took advantage at 49 ‘by own goal by Juan Pablo Freytes and at 79 ‘by way of the penalty, work of Federico Castro. The “Cementeros” turned the result in the last minutes of play through the scores of César Pérez at 84′, Juan Gaete at 90+1′ and Sebastián Lomónaco at 90+6′.

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Saturday, February 11
The Saturday day had two matches: the triumph of the University of Chile against Magallanes and the victory of Everton against Coquimbo Unido.
Universidad de Chile 2 – 1 Magallanes
At the La Portada Stadium in La Serena, the “U” beat the “Academy” by two goals to one recovering from last week’s defeat; while the “Albicelestes” continue without achieving a triumph in their return to the First Division. Cristián Palacios on two occasions (21′ and 58′) gave the victory to the “Blues”. The discount for the visit was the work of Julián Alfaro at 73′. In addition, the match had two expelled: Felipe Flores at 47′ for Magallanes and Jeison Fuentealba at 50′ in the “U”.

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Everton 2 – 0 Coquimbo Unido
In the Sausalito Stadium the team of Viña del Mar achieved its first triumph in the National Championship by winning by two goals to zero to Coquimbo Unido. The scores of the locals were the work of Sebastián Sáez (29′) and Álvaro Madrid (37′).

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Sunday, February 12
The Sunday only had one match, the vibrant tie between the Catholic University and Cobresal.
Catholic University 3 – 3 Copper
At the Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua, Universidad Católica drew three goals with Cobresal in a vibrant draw. Gastón Lezcano put the visitors in the lead at 2′, but the crusaders in a flurry of goals scored three goals in less than 20 minutes: Franco Di Santo at 13′; Fernando Zampedri at 26′ and Alexander Aravena at 29’. The cast of the north discounted at 38 ‘through the work of Nelson Sepúlveda and Maxi Rueda at 66 ‘decreed the three to three final.

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Huachipato vs Colo-Colo
The duel between “Acereros” and “Albos” was suspended due to the forest fires that affect the center-south of the country. The duel will be scheduled, no date is yet known.
Date 3
Colo-Colo vs Ñublense
Colo-Colo and Ñublense will recover the suspended duel of the previous date at the request of the visit due to the forest fires. In the previous one, the “Albos” will seek to recover from the thrashing suffered against O’Higgins, while the chillanejos want to continue in the upper part of the tournament.

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