Unión 0-1 La Serena: Visitors ecstatic after win at Santa Laura

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Unión Española fell to a home defeat at the hands of La Serena at Santa Laura on Wednesday. Both teams arrived at the match with previous defeats in the league. Unión were looking to get back to winning ways after losing 4-0 to Colo Colo in their last match. La Serena had lost their previous match against U. Católica. Unión and La Serena currently occupy 6th and 13th spots in the league, with 36 points and 24 points respectively after 25 matches.

La Serena started strongly in the first half, when Santiago Dittborn gave them the lead, 17 minutes in, finishing the first half 1-0. Both teams unable to deliver anything further, the score remained at 1-0 at full time.

Substitutions for Unión included Ignacio Jara, Gabriel Norambuena, Diego Acevedo and Leandro Garate for Benjamin Galdames, Bastian Yanez, Sebastian Leyton and Luis Alberto Pavez, respectively. La Serena replaced Maximiliano Guerrero, Bryan Soto, Richard Paredes and Cristobal Jorquera with Ariel Caceres, Santiago Dittborn, Juan Cavallaro and Luckas Carreno.

There were bookings for Jonathan Villagra and Manuel Fernandez from Unión. For La Serena, Luckas Carreno, Federico Andrada, Bryan Soto and Richard Paredes saw yellow.

Next up, Unión are away to Cobresal, whilst La Serena will travel to face Curicó Unido.

Technical card:
Unión Española:Luis Mejia, Stefano Magnasco, Manuel Fernandez, Jonathan Villagra, Luis Alberto Pavez (Leandro Garate, min.86), Felipe Massri, Sebastian Leyton (Diego Acevedo, min.67), Benjamin Galdames (Ignacio Jara, min.58), Octavio Rivero, Bastian Yanez (Gabriel Norambuena, min.67) and Rodrigo Pineiro
La Serena:Zacarias Lopez, Jens Buss, Lucas Alarcon, Enzo Ferrario, Leandro Diaz, Ariel Caceres (Maximiliano Guerrero, min.57), Luckas Carreno (Cristobal Jorquera, min.76), Cristian Erbes, Juan Cavallaro (Richard Paredes, min.76), Federico Andrada and Santiago Dittborn (Bryan Soto, min.69)
Stadium:Santa Laura
Goals:Santiago Dittborn (0-1, min. 17)
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