Nacional match abandoned after linesman hit

Wednesday's game was the second this week in the Copa Sudamericana competition to be suspended by crowd violence following ugly incidents in the previous night's match in Ecuador between Emelec and Olimpia.

Universidad de Chile were dominating the game at the Parque Central stadium and leading 2-0 when one of the linesman was hit in the 47th minute by what Uruguayan media identified as a roll of paper.

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