After a boring first half, in which neither of the two teams showed clarity and with a very physical game loaded with fouls, Fénix coach Juan Ramón Carrasco made changes from his bench and from there he found the key to the goal that had been eluding him.
Luciano Nequecaur, who entered the field for the second half along with three other changes decided by the coach, contributed with a brace, the first at 53 minutes and the second at 62.
When everything seemed dominated by the home team, Huachipato launched itself into attack and found the reduction at 77 thanks to Juan Sánchez.
However, their hope of equalizing didn't last long, as Bruno Scorza scored the third at 81.
In this way, Carrasco made the right decisions and now Fénix flies calmly to Chile with a good goal difference for the second leg of the tournament's second phase.
Technical sheet:
Fénix 3: Guillermo de Amores; Fernando Souza (m.46, Bryan Olivera), Leonardo Coelho, Ángel Rodríguez, Adrián Argacha; Manuel Ugarte, Roberto Fernández, Kaique Vergilio (m.46, Nicolás Machado), Kevin Alaniz (m.46, Andrés Schetino), Ignacio Pereira (m.70, Bruno Scorza) and Maureen Franco. (m.46, Luciano Nequecaur).
Coach: Juan Ramón Carrasco.
Huachipato 1: Gabriel Castellón; Cristian Cuevas (m.78, Javier Urzua), Ignacio Tapia, Nicolás Ramírez, Diego Oyarzun, Juan Cordova; César Valenzuela (m.67, Brayan Palmezano), Claudio Sepúlveda, Israel Poblete (m.67, Sebastián Martínez); Joffre Escobar (m.56, Juan Sánchez) and Cris Martínez (m.56, Walter Mazzantti).
Coach: Gustavo Florentín.
Goals: 1-0: m.53, Luciano Nequecaur. 2-0: m.62, Luciano Nequecaur. 2-1: m.77: Juan Sánchez. 3-1: m.81, Bruno Scorza.
Referee: Paraguayan Arnaldo Samaniego. He booked Cuevas, Tapia, Poblete and Argacha.
Incidents: First leg of the Copa Sudamericana's second phase played at the Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera stadium in Montevideo.