Colo Colo and Deportes Iquique drew 0-0 in a contentious and controversial match at the Tierra de Campeones Stadium and remained committed to relegation, as the “albos” are in the promotion zone and the “celestial dragons” descending directly through the weighted table.
The Nortinos suffered the cancellation of two goals in the second half, both by lead position, but the first of them very resisted, since the play was very to the limit. In addition, a possible penalty was claimed for homeowners in discounts, for a Julio Barroso’s stomp on Lucas Aveldaño.
The meeting started very intense, with arrivals from both sides. In fact, Between 17 ‘and 18 minutes there were frantic moments, since Alvaro Ramos missed it first in the cast from Iquique, in an unbeatable position and with an open arch, and on the other side Matías Fernández with a point-blank shot, which was repelled by goalkeeper Sebastián “Zanahoria” Pérez.
With the passing of the minutes, the duel began to have many inaccuracies and few arrivals on goal, causing the game to take place in the middle of the court and with significant friction.
The controversies for Iquique and the conformity of the “Cacique”
In the complement, the “celestial dragons” went with everything in search of the triumph and were close to unleveling quickly, since Matías Donoso scored a goal in 48 ‘, which was annulled by the linesman and confirmed by the VAR, which determined a tight offside, which left many doubts.
The Northerners continued to dominate, although they suffered with some attempts at PMouche opened, with a failed counterattack (63 ‘) and also with a tremendous left foot that caused a good save from Pérez (77’), dangerous plays, but isolated, since the “albos” began to settle for the point and hold the result.
At the end, the controversy returned to the grass of the Land of Champions, because Guido Mainero (85 ‘) was overruled again by the locals, this time due to a clear offside, although the action that left the most doubts occurred in discounts, with a Barroso’s obvious stomp on Aveldaño, which neither the referee José Cabero, nor the VAR considered, which caused claims even long minutes after the match by Matías Donoso and coach Cristián Leiva.
Now both casts must focus on their next “Finals” that will be before Cobresal, in the case of Colo Colo and against Audax Italiano in the case of Iquique, both on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. GMT).
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