Union Espanola shame Copa Libertadores de America as the U remain ’quota of shame’ to the Liberators ... for now: Spanish Union will go to FIFA. After several weeks of discussions and talk, last Saturday the University of Chile was granted the status of ‘Chile 4’ to the next edition of the Copa Libertadores de América.

The resolution was not exempt from controversy because Unión Española, which initially longed for that quota, did not appear to dispute the duel of semifinals of Copa Chile against the ‘blues’.

For the Hispanics the situation was clear: they had to keep the tickets to the continental contest because, first, they voted for the continuity of football after the outbreak of October (not so the U, who voted to end the league arguing that it was not the appropriate scenario for the development of football) and, second, they ended up better placed in the standings of the National Championship.

However, the Chilean Football Federation, in charge of the Chile Cup - event that Chile would deliver 4- decided that everything be defined on the court, taking into account that the other semifinalists (Colo Colo and the UC) were already classified as Liberators

The issue is that the Reds, feeling hurt, did not even travel to La Serena where the meeting was scheduled. Yes, the U did it, which reached La Portada to sign the form that earned it the ticket to the final of Copa Chile and ‘Chile 4’.

Union Espanola shame Copa Libertadores de America

A joy that can last shortly

The prize reached by the students is not less, because it will also mean significant economic income. More taking into account that the opponent to win will be the International of Porto Alegre of Brazil, which gives a glimpse of a "Full" National Stadium.

Of course, university joy could be ‘in check’. This is because in the Spanish Union they do not give up and even announced that they will resort to FIFA for what happened.

Luis Baquedano, Hispanic general manager, claimed in an interview with El Mercurio that “before the semifinals were played we sent a letter to the president and directors of the Federation. We ask that these semifinals stop and as they did not, we will go to FIFA. ”

“They have not given us the possibility to defend ourselves, there are no instances. The ANFP does not have a formula for going to the TAS. This is not a whim. There is the minutes of the council of presidents of November 29, where it is said that the Chile Cup was finished, ”Baquedano added.

In this regard, from the ANFP they indicate that the Chile Cup was never terminated and that there was an error of concept on the part of the Secretary General of the Association, Aldo Corradossi, who said that the tournament was over.

Meanwhile, the owner of> Unión Española, Jorge Segovia, got the word out and through his Twitter account, he threw his darts against the ANFP again. “Today (yesterday) the farce and abuse of power was consumed. Congratulations ANFP for the honest management done, ”he wrote.

“Stay with your‘ victory ’, we prefer to keep the dignity that implies being consistent with the principles. Good luck in the Liberators, ”he added wryly.
The ‘U’ attacks against Segovia

On the other side, the president of Azul Azul, José Luis Navarrete, spoke about the absence of the Spanish Union in the semifinal of the Chilean Cup, scheduled at the La Portada de La Serena Stadium.

Asked about how to reach the final of Copa Chile, Navarrete told the CDF that “I will not enter into controversies or provocations, I only feel sorry because what we wanted is for football to return today to the Spanish Union and the return is valued to the activity. "

“We know who Jorge Segovia is, we comply and introduce ourselves. The situation of the social outbreak was not pleasant for anyone, but we knew how to listen to our players and that's why football stopped, but not in Copa Chile, ”he added.

Along the same lines, the top leader of the ‘U ’said that“ the general manager of the Spanish Union (Luis Baquedano), also did not show its shareholders what happened in the Council of Presidents ”.

Regarding what is coming, Navarrete said that “we are happy with the challenges that will be this season. We leave behind 2019 which was very stressful, so we have an opportunity to go ahead and go for the championship. ”

Possible sanctions and a superclassical final

In the ANFP there is annoyance for the attitude of Union and they do not hide it. It was Sebastián Moreno himself, president of the entity, who came out of the criticism received from the commune of Independence.

Regarding the accusations of ‘favoring’ U ’, Moreno stressed that“ that is offensive, unfair and has criminal offenses. Here there has never been and never will be, by this president or the board of directors, any arrangement, and I quote in quotes, because that was the word I read, between the ANFP or any Chilean soccer club. ”

“And here I want to be emphatic: I've been listening to all kinds of atrocities for weeks from the owner and an official from the Spanish Union. Unfortunately, when the bases of the Chile Cup were made, nobody had the lucidity to think about what would happen if you could not play because of a social outbreak, ”he added.

As for possible sanctions for the Union, the one that came out to respond was the secretary general of the ANFP, Aldo Corradossi, who said that “what is established is that the University of Chile classifies the final, the sanctions will be defined by the courts. The fine could reach 500 UF (15 million). ”

In addition, Corradosi added that the Hispanic manager could be summoned to court for some of his comments: “We all have our opinions but we must keep the forms, it will be discussed if what Baquedano has expressed is going to bring some kind of presentation in the Court of Ethics, ”he concluded.

It should be remembered that Justo Álvarez, president of ANFA and vice president of the Federation, had advanced that they would request a sanction of 5 years without the Chilean Cup for the Spanish Union, but this had to be approved by the board since it was not in the bases.

“Just as the bases have been modified (as in the First B league), a resolution can also be taken as a directory. But we can't get ahead and we have to wait for Saturday. We proposed that there had to be a 5-year penalty for any team that doesn't show up, ”he explained.

More controversies, less controversies, the truth is that Universidad de Chile advanced to the final of the Chile Cup and will face nothing less than Colo Colo for the title.

Yes, the first cup to be delivered this 2020 will be in a Superclassic. ‘Azules’ and ‘albos’ will define the champion next Wednesday, January 22 at the Germán Becker stadium in Temuco, starting at 6:30 p.m.