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Unión Española settles for draw away to Deportes Santa Cruz

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Unión Española drew 1-1 away to Deportes Santa Cruz, which sits second from bottom in Chile’s Ascenso standings.
  • Andrés Vilches put Unión ahead in the 16th minute, but Mathías Pinto equalized in the 60th.
  • Despite playing against 10 men after Nazareno Romero’s 75th-minute dismissal, Unión could not find a winner and remained sixth with 35 points.

Unión Española left its visit to Deportes Santa Cruz with a bitter 1-1 draw after failing to beat one of the Ascenso’s lowest-ranked teams.

The result came after a 1-0 defeat to last-place Rangers in the previous round, leaving Ronald Fuentes’ team without a win in two matches. Unión took the lead in the 16th minute when Andrés Vilches finished a move set up by Kevin Contreras. Video review confirmed that Vilches was onside.

Santa Cruz responded in the 60th minute through Mathías Pinto. The home side then lost Nazareno Romero to a red card in the 75th minute for elbowing Renato Cordero in the face.

Unión Española could not take advantage of the numerical advantage and failed to beat goalkeeper Juan Ignacio Dobboleta. The point left Unión sixth in the Ascenso on 35 points, level with San Luis, while Santa Cruz had 18 points.

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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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