Colo Colo returned to the hugs in the Municipal de La Cisterna defeating Palestino 2 to 1 with annotations by Iván Morales and Leonardo Gil, within the framework of day 24 of the 2021 National Championship.
With this result, the Popular reached 46 units and managed to regain distance at the top of the standings, remaining at five points away from Universidad Católica and Unión La Calera, although university students have one less game.
The figure of the match was Leonardo Gil, who scored a real goal from a free kick to give the Cacique the winning goal. And in conversation with TNT Sports, he analyzed what was victory over the Arab cast and had words for his new absence in the Roja.
In the first instance, he spoke about the annoyance that forced him to leave the court and commented that “The truth is that I went out because I had cramped, the court was very heavy, we played two days ago and the games in a row were felt. But those who entered did very well and we were able to win “.
Regarding the title fight, the Colorado maintained that “There is still a long way to go, there are several teams that are doing very well but if we continue in this way we can gain an advantage. We care about what we can do “.
Finishing, he had words to refer to his new absence in the Chilean team and pointed out that “I thought I had a little more chances, but football is like that, but there are great players and those who are here deserve it”.