Union De Santa Fe lost tonight as a visitor by 2 to 0 with Palestinian of Chile, in a match played at the Julio Martínez Pradanos National Stadium, for the second date of Group E of the South American Cup 2025.
The authors of the goals of the Chilean team’s victory were midfielder Bryan Carrasco, penal, 11 minutes after the first half, and Junior Marabel striker, in the last minute of the match.
Unión ended with ten players for the expulsion of Ezequiel Ham, at 23 minutes of the complement.
With the defeat, the team of coach Cristian González fell to the third location of zone E, with three points, while Palestine is second, with the same number of points.
On the next date, the “Tatengue” will visit Mushuc Runa from Ecuador, next Wednesday, April 23 at 23.
The first arrival of the game was for Palestine: in four minutes, striker Junior Marabel received the ball on the front of the area, hooked for his left leg and took a high shot to the second stick, which goalkeeper Thiago Cardozo diverted the corner.
At 8 minutes, a grip in the area of defender Francisco Gerometta about striker Gonzalo Tapia generated the prison that would put the Chilean team at an advantage.
The head of the auction was midfielder Bryan Carrasco, who finished off the left stick of Cardozo, who could not guess.
The first arrival of Unión would be at 16 minutes, with a good collective play by the left side that culminated in a removal of the Marcelo Estigarribia centerpiece from the edge of the area. The attacker looked for the second stick with a high shot that was in danger but did not go down on time.
In 28 minutes, the team led by Argentine Lucas Bovaglio had a new goal situation.
In a counterattack, a long pass from Carrasco enabled Marabel, who controlled and took out a powerful volley shot to the left stick of Cardozo, who returned to divert the ball to the corner kick.
The first of the second half was for the “Tatengue”: the recently entered midfielder Lionel Verde received the ball on the left side of the large area and quickly finished off, looking for the second stick, and generated the first stop of goalkeeper Sebastián Pérez.
In the fifth minute, Cardozo avoided Marabel’s goal again. The Paraguayan striker received a long pass and attacked on the left side, looking for a high shot that was diverted by the goalkeeper above the crossbar, with a great reaction.
The Santa Fe team was left with a player less at 23 minutes, with a questionable second yellow to midfielder Ezequiel Ham, who had already been admonished in the first half.
In 43 minutes, the “Tatengue” lost equality. A long pass was lowered by Estigarribia for striker Diego Díaz, who hooked out to avoid the goalkeeper, but had no angle and his shot gave on the outer side of the network.
The place closed the score in the fifth minute of added time. The goalkeeper Cardozo came out playing quickly and played short with defender Franco Pardo, who did not control the ball well and allowed the pressure of former junior junior player Marabel, who recovered the ball and, finally, was able to beat Cardozo for the final 2-0.
Palestinian synthesis vs. Union by Copa Sudamericana
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