Sports Antofagasta won 2-1 this Thursday in their visit to the Spanish Union in Santiagoin the first leg of the Chilean series of the first phase of the Copa Sudamericana 2022 in a game of early goals.
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In minute 6 Antofagasta opened the scoring on the first occasion of the match with a pass into the area that Venezuelan Brayan Hurtado hit the net. His teammate Andrés Robles put the second in the following attack in the 9th minute by heading a corner to the bottom of the local goal.
Unión Española took a center kick for the second time in less than 10 minutes and in the 13th minute he closed the gap with a goal from the Argentine Leandro Garate.
In another duel, the ‘Blue Cyclone’ ‘blew’ strongly: The Colmenarez Brothers defeated Deportivo La Guaira 2-0. in a Venezuelan duel for the first phase of the Copa Sudamericana-2022, a happy debut on the international scene for this modest club.
César Magallán scored the first international goal for this team in the 44th minute, in an unbalanced combination with the attacker Colombian Juan Camilo Zapatawho enabled him with a taco in the area.
Another footballer from Colombia, Wilmar González Aguinaga, signed the second both from the group trained by Luis Pacheco, in 55, this time with the assistance of Magallán.
In addition, Guaireña, a team from the interior, beat Nacional 1-0 on a visit this Thursday in the first leg of the first phase of this series between Paraguayan teams for the Copa Sudamericana played in Asunción.
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The only goal of the match played at the Defensores del Chaco stadium was scored by striker Antonio Marín in the 53rd minute. The rematch will be played in a week also at the Defensores del Chaco stadium.