attacking midfielder Matias Esquivel16 minutes into the second half, established the lonely difference in the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium.
The first two positions and qualification for the round of 16 were already immovable for Flamengo and Workshops before the start of the last day. The Chileans wanted to maintain their third position to access the round of 16 of the South American Cup.
Despite the defeat, Catholic University retained that third placement, since Sporting Crystal could not during his visit to Brazil, and fell to the formation of Rio de Janeiro by 2 to 1, who scored through Mauritius Island and Pedrowhile the Peruvians discounted with the goal of Christian Gonzalez.
The Group H positions were headed by Flamengo with 16 points, followed by Talleres (11), Universidad Católica (4) and Sporting Cristal (2).
On the night in Santiago, the visiting team dominated the actions for much of the first half, with high pressure that allowed them to quickly recover the ball. Talleres had clear chances to open the scoring, but goalkeeper Sebastián Pérez responded well to shots from Héctor Fértoli and Esquivel, while Gastón Benavídez and Federico Girotti narrowly deflected each shot.
The Chileans found their game, they waited retracted near their goal, and so it was that against them they had a very clear situation when the first half was over. But the goalkeeper Guido Herrera showed off and covered a one-on-one with Marcelino Núñez, who had climbed the field from the left.
The development of the complement changed substantially: ‘U’ Católica went out in search of victory, became strong in the middle and brought danger to Herrera’s goal, which responded solidly to a shot by Gonzalo Tapia.
The hot flash passed and the “T” settled again, which found the opening of the scoreboard with a goal from Esquivel, who capitalized on a ball that came from high, and -without hesitation- took a precise left-footed shot that went very far, along to Pérez’s left post for 1 to 0.
The Cordovan cast did not experience major shocks in the final minutes. The team led by the Argentine Ariel Holan (former Independiente) did not find ways to break the good visiting defense, which was closed and held on to a victory that served to decorate a great participation in the group stage.
The “T” ended with three wins, two draws and one loss, and celebrated with their fans, who came in large numbers to the Chilean capital for the classification they had already secured a week ago.
formations
Catholic University: Sebastián Pérez; Marcelino Núñez, Nehuén Paz, Tomás Astaburuaga and Alfonso Parot; Fabián Orellana, Ignacio Saavedra and Felipe Gutiérrez; Gonzalo Tapia, Fernando Zampedri and Cristian Cuevas. DT: Ariel Holan.
Workshops: Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Ramiro González Hernández and Enzo Díaz; Fernando Juárez, Rodrigo Villagra and Héctor Fértoli; Matías Esquivel, Rodrigo Garro and Federico Girotti. DT: Pedro Caixinha.
Goal in the second half: 16m. Dodge (T).
Changes in the second half: 20m. Diego Valencia for Orellana (UC); 26m. Ángelo Martino for Fértoli, Matías Godoy for Esquivel and Santiago Toloza for Garro (T); 34m. Diego Buonanotte for Saavedra (UC); 36m. Julian Malatini for Juarez (T); 44m. Lucas Melano for Tapia and Sebastián Galani for Gutiérrez (UC).
Admonished: Zampedri, Cuevas (UC). Gonzalez Hernandez and Herrera (T).
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia).
Stadium: San Carlos de Apoquindo (Santiago, Chile).
Source: Ambito
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