CDF Man of the Match Pablo Calandria Referee Patricio Polic Date 7 December 2013 Attendance 8,016 | Easy Man of the Match Pablo Calandria Weather Clear
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Event Torneo de Apertura 2013-14 Game week 17 Venues Talca, Estadio Fiscal de Talca | ||
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 Torneo de Apertura 2013-14.
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This game could defined the champion of this tournament, because at the same time Universidad Católica, the other club that could be the champion, play with Unión La Calera.
Match
The last match day of the championship O'Higgins visit to Rangers de Talca, where the team starts lost with Mauricio Gómez goal, but the team did not give up and as in the tournament, went on to turn the game and gets 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.
Berizzo make changes and enter Francisco Pizarro and Osmán Huerta, that the first ball touching, overcomes the goalkeeper Nicolás Peric, tying the game at 3 goals, leaving 10 minutes to end the match, but in the 88' Pablo Calandria is brought down in the area and the referee Patricio Polic charge penalty kick and was expulsed the goalkeeper Peric and because the team of Talca, had made 3 modifications, the player Hugo Diaz should be the goalkeeper, note that Universidad Católica, played in parallel and was earning its similar Unión La Calera in Quillota, so if the team was tied or lost the championship was slipping. In the 90', the scorer Pablo Calandria, becomes the goal of unleashing the madness of 4,500 fans, which completed the stadium epically turning the match 4-3, right then Universidad Católica overcame 2-0 the caleranos.
So both clubs will be play the 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura, defining 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.
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.^ 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).