As a visitor, El Red fell 1-0 with goal Lucas Assadi. Now, you must reverse the result at home to live alive in the South American Cup.
Independent suffered a hard upside down In Santiago when 1-0 fell against Universidad de Chile In the stadium National Julio Martínez Pradansfor the first leg of the Eighth Final of the South American Cup 2025. The only goal scored it Lucas Assadi At 36 minutes of the first half.
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In the beginning, the team led by Julio Vaccari He showed greater initiative and generated the first arrivals, but the locals grew up with the minutes and managed to open the score. Assadi He received on the edge of the area and placed a shot to the left stick, impossible to Rodrigo Rey.


In the second half, the Red Devils They sought equality and had several opportunities, until at 28 minutes Matías Abaldo He was expelled by double yellow after a hard infraction. With one less man, Independent The attacks of the Chilean team were retreating and resisted to avoid a greater difference.
The rematch will be played next Wednesday at 21.30 at the stadium Libertadores de América – Ricardo Enrique Bochiniwhere red will need to win to continue in competition.
In addition, with this result Independent has six consecutive games without winning in all competitionswith two draws and four losses, one of them before Belgrano to fall eliminated from the Argentine Cup.
Synthesis of University of Chile – Independent for Copa Sudamericana 2025
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