English:
Universidad Católica defeated Unión Española 2-1 in a thrilling match at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chile, for the sixth round of the 2025 Primera División. A closely contested match, with alternating dominance, saw Católica take an early lead thanks to a goal by Fernando Zampedri in the 15th minute, assisted by Diego Valencia. Valencia and Benjamín Ampuero received yellow cards in the first half. In the second half, Católica extended their lead with a goal from Esteban Bello in the 55th minute, assisted by Alexander Canales. Unión Española tried to react, with a goal disallowed by VAR for Álvaro Nadruz in the 63rd minute. However, a penalty converted by Pablo Aránguiz in the 77th minute reduced the deficit. The final minutes of the match were tense with three cautions for Unión Española (Nicolás Díaz, Fernando Torgnascioli, and Vicente Vidal) and one for José Valencia of UC. Despite the attempt to come back, the victory went to Universidad Católica. Unión Española dominated possession (51%), while UC had more shots on target (5 vs 5).
Substitutions u. catolica: at minute 46 E. Bello came in and Jader went out., at minute 68 D. Gonzalez came in and G. Medel went out., at minute 69 C. Montes came in and D. Valencia went out., at minute 85 E. Mena came in and C. Cuevas went out., at minute 90 A. Farias came in and A. Canales went out.
Substitutions union espanola: at minute 46 M. Marin came in and F. Ovelar went out., at minute 46 P. Aranguiz came in and R. Vasquez went out., at minute 69 B. A. Carvallo U. came in and I. Nunez went out., at minute 70 G. Norambuena came in and F. Espinoza went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Union Espanola
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