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Thrilling Draw in La Florida: U. Catolica and Audax Italiano Split Points in Emotional Match
Santiago de Chile – In a hard-fought match at the Estadio Bicentenario Municipal de La Florida, Universidad Catolica and Audax Italiano drew in a game that had everything: goals, cards, and controversy. Referee Cristian Garay had a busy afternoon in the sixteenth round of the Chilean Primera División.
Catolica took an early lead in the 12th minute with a goal by D. Valencia after a well-worked play. It seemed that the control of the match was leaning towards the “cruzados”, but Audax Italiano remained firm, despite the yellow card shown to C. Muñoz in the 24th minute.
Controversy arose in the 43rd minute when a goal by M. Fuentes for Audax Italiano was disallowed by VAR due to a prior foul. However, the “itálico” team did not give up and found its reward in the 68th minute when L. Valencia Rossel converted a penalty.
The match heated up in the final stretch. C. Cuevas of Catolica saw a red card in the 83rd minute after receiving his second caution. In the final minutes, the tension was palpable, with multiple yellow cards shown to players from both teams. The match ended in a draw, leaving a bittersweet taste for both sides. Ball possession was split, with a slight dominance for Catolica (51% versus 49% for Audax). U. Catolica generated more shots (11 in total, 3 on target) than Audax (9 in total, 2 on target) during the game.
Substitutions a. italiano: at minute 46 A. Gonzalez came in and P. Guajardo went out., at minute 46 C. Munoz came in and D. Pina went out., at minute 63 O. J. Rojas Munoz came in and A. Riep went out., at minute 78 N. Orellana came in and G. Gil Romero went out., at minute 82 M. Fuentes came in and F. Troyansky went out.
Substitutions u. catolica: at minute 64 C. Montes came in and D. Corral went out., at minute 77 E. Bello came in and A. Canales went out., at minute 77 J. Valencia came in and J. Rossel went out., at minute 90 D. Valencia came in and T. Asta-Buruaga went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
A. Italiano
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