The goalkeeper Martín Parra was almost a spectator in the great work of his teammates

Regardless of the importance of the match against Universidad Católicaone of the main concerns in the blue team was the performance of the meta Martin Parra. The arrival of the goalkeeper generated one of the controversies of the season, when Diego López was still the coach of the blues.

And it is that the departure of Hernán Galíndez forced the arrival of a new goalkeeper. The same Uruguayan technician, last June, clarified that Parra did not have the characteristics in his requirementssince at 22 years old he was not the replacement for the Ecuadorian.

Later, the president of Blue Blue, Michael Clarkclarified that the new goalkeeper arrived as the third on the list, after Cristóbal Campos and the young Pedro Garrido.

With all its emotional charge, the player from Talcahuano He made his debut in nothing less than a Clásico Universitario, after more than five months without entering a court, after leaving Universidad de San Martín in Peru.

A rough start, with a Santa Laura full of blue fans. The same ones who did not get bored of throwing papers onto the playing field, while some fans climbed on the fence. Events that, surely, conspired for the nervousness of the former Huachipato.

But in the match it was another story. The good performance of his teammates in the first half, relieved Parra himself of responsibilitywho only had to go out with his feet on one occasion, a shot that ended properly in a blue player.

Although it did not remain in attitude and character. The young goalkeeper did not tire of ordering the last line and constantly shouted at the stopped balls of the Crusaders.

This is how the first part went, in which the goalkeeper did not suffer any shots on goal and did not have to leave the three posts, as a result of some risky play by the fringe box.

In the second half, the Catholic insinuated a little more to try to achieve a tie. But it only remained in the intention, Parra himself had very little to do. It was not until the 48th minute that he even touched his first ball in action, when he had to lower a weak corner kick that reached the small area.

A few minutes later he had to come out of his goal near the edge of the area to easily contain the rival’s long pass. In general, the goalkeeper was a mere spectator of the good work of his teammates.

After that, a couple of long free kicks that the goalkeeper had to take near his area. When those from the fringe pressed in the last five minutes, the goalkeeper saw a little more action.

so it happened at 87 minutes, when he had the only real risk covered in the entire match. The strong and high shot of Fabian Orellana It was well covered by the footballer from Talcahuano, who kept the ball in two halvesdespite suffering a subsequent cramp.

In the last arrival of the opponent, the goalkeeper was forced to rush Fernando Zampedri in the bilge, but the Argentine hit a ball that went very far to the side of the local goal.

A day with few shocks that, in any case, was rewarded at the end of the game, when most of his teammates ran to hug the once questioned goal of the blues.