Union San Felipe 0-0 Reconquista
Union San Felipe and Reconquista played out a goalless draw in the Primera B Regular Season on Saturday evening. The match, which was the nineteenth round of the championship, ended 0-0 after ninety minutes plus stoppage time.
Things opened with a sense of caution from both sides, and that lasted well into the second half. The closest call came late on when a VAR review at 90+7 minutes cancelled a goal attempt. By then the players were already showing signs of fatigue, and the tension built as each side searched for an opening.
Reconquista arrived in better shape. They sit fifth with thirty-seven points from twenty-four games, while Union San Felipe languish in fourteenth place with twenty-two points. That gap mattered in how each team approached the contest. The visitors looked more comfortable carrying the ball, though the statistics tell a slightly different story.
Reconquista held fifty-two percent possession and registered six shots on target, but could not find the net. Union San Felipe had forty-eight percent possession and only four shots on target, yet kept their opponents at bay for the full ninety minutes. Both sides created roughly the same number of attacks, one hundred and forty-two to one hundred and forty-six, but the final third was where the difference lay.
Discipline became an issue as the match wore on. Union San Felipe picked up three yellow cards through Perales, Rodriguez and Fontana, while Reconquista collected four through Alarcon, Gonzalez, Sanchez and Provoste. The disciplinary tally reflected a game that grew tighter rather than more open.
Coaches made several changes looking for something different. Espinoza and Munoz came on for Union San Felipe in the sixtieth minute, while Galleguillos and Rodriguez were introduced later. Reconquista brought on Aravena at eighty minutes and Provoste at the death, but neither side could break the deadlock.
The draw keeps both teams on their current trajectory. Union San Felipe remain well off the pace in the lower half of the table, while Reconquista maintain their push for a better finish. And here's the thing — the cancelled goal at the very end suggests this match could have gone either way, but neither side had enough to take all three points.