Rangers v O'Higgins
Event2013–14 Torneo de Apertura Game week 17
Rangers de Talca O'Higgins
3 4
Date7 December 2013
VenueEstadio Fiscal, Talca
CDF Man of the MatchPablo Calandria
Easy Man of the MatchPablo Calandria
RefereePatricio Polic
Attendance8,016[1]
WeatherClear
28 °C (82 °F)

The Rangers vs O'Higgins football match that took place on 7 December 2013 at the Estadio Fiscal in Talca, Chile, was the 17th and last game week of the 2013–14 Torneo de Apertura.

This game could determine the champion of this tournament, because at the same time Universidad Católica, the other club that could be win the league, played against Unión La Calera.

Match

The last match day of the championship O'Higgins visited Rangers de Talca. The local team started winning with Mauricio Gómez goal, but O'Higgins did not give up and as in the tournament, went on to turn the game and got goals from Pablo Calandria and Julio Barroso. In the second half, it was thought that the title was slipping from the hands, because Rodolfo González and Esteban Ciaccheri put uncertainty in the Estadio Fiscal de Talca, where the score was 3–2 in favor of Piducanos.

Eduardo Berizzo, coach of the visitor, made changes and put Francisco Pizarro and Osmán Huerta on the ground, whose first ball touched overcame the Rangers' goalkeeper Nicolás Peric tying the game at three goals, leaving 10 minutes to end the match. At 88', Pablo Calandria was brought down in the area and the referee Patricio Polic charge penalty kick and expelled the goalkeeper Peric and because the team of Talca had made three modifications, the player Hugo Díaz played as the goalkeeper. At the same time, Universidad Católica was playing in parallel and winning against Unión La Calera in Quillota, so if the match was tied or lost, the championship was slipping for O'Higgins. In the 90', the Argentinian Pablo Calandria scored the goal which unleashed the madness of 4,500 fans, which completed the stadium, turning the match 4–3, right then Universidad Católica overcame 2-0 the caleranos.

So both clubs advanced to the 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura, which chooses the champion of the Torneo de Apertura 2013–14.

Road to the last game week

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). These results only considered the regular phase of the tournament (round robin), consisting of 16 matchdays played since 26 July until 7 December of 2013.

Universidad Católica Round O'Higgins
Opponent Result Round robin Opponent Result
Ñublense 3-0 (H) Matchday 1 Deportes Iquique 1-0 (A)
Unión Española 1-0 (A) Matchday 2 Antofagasta 2-1 (H)
Universidad de Concepción 1-1 (H) Matchday 3 Audax Italiano 1-1 (A)
Audax Italiano 1-1 (H) Matchday 4 Everton 1-1 (H)
Palestino 6-3 (A) Matchday 5 Santiago Wanderers 3-0 (A) [note]
Cobresal 3-0 (H) Matchday 6 Palestino 0-1 (H)
Huachipato 4-0 (A) Matchday 7 Ñublense 1-0 (H)
O'Higgins 1-2 (H) Matchday 8 Universidad Católica 2-1 (A)
Deportes Iquique 2-2 (A) Matchday 9 Huachipato 1-0 (H)
Rangers 5-1 (H) Matchday 10 Universidad de Chile 1-1 (A)
Santiago Wanderers 2-0 (H) Matchday 11 Universidad de Concepción 1-0 (A)
Universidad de Chile 1-0 (A) [note] Matchday 12 Colo-Colo 2-3 (H)
Cobreloa 2-1 (H) Matchday 13 Cobresal 4-0 (A)
Everton 2-0 (A) Matchday 14 Cobreloa 1-0 (H)
Antofagasta 0-2 (A) Matchday 15 Unión La Calera 2-1 (A)
Colo-Colo 1-0 (H) Matchday 16 Unión Española 1-0 (H)
1.^ The match between Santiago Wanderers and O'Higgins finished with result 2:2, but the coach Ivo Basay put on the match 6 foreigners players, being punished with a 3-0 defeat against. [2]
2.^ The match between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica was suspended and finished with the result at the last minute of the game (0:1). [3][4]

League table

  • Before the 17th game week of the tournament
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Universidad Católica* 16 11 3 2 35 13 +22 36
2 O'Higgins* 16 11 3 2 24 10 +14 36
Source:
  • After the 17 matches of the round robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad Católica 17 12 3 2 37 13 +24 39 Súper Final (tied in points)
2 O'Higgins 17 12 3 2 28 13 +15 39
Source:

Details

Rangers3–4O'Higgins
Gómez 15' (pen.)
González 56'
Ciaccheri 67'		 Report Barroso 19'
Calandria 43' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)
Huerta 78'
Attendance: 8,016
Referee: Patricio Polic

Statistics

Overall[5]
RAN OHI
Goals scored 34
Total shots 410
Shots on target 12
Corner kicks 37
Fouls committed 176
Offsides 01
Yellow cards 72
Red cards 20

References

  1. ↑ "Full-time report". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  2. ↑ "FALLO DEL TRIBUNAL DE DISCIPLINA POR EL CASO O'HIGGINS-WANDERERS". anfp.cl. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Duelo entre Católica y U. de Chile se suspendió tras caída de proyectiles". deportes.terra.cl. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Universidad de Chile - Universidad Católica, suspendido por agresión a un futbolista - Goal.com". goal.com. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  5. ↑ "Rangers vs. O'Higgins - 7 December 2013 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
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