Summary: U. Católica was one point away from the title, U took a momentum and Colo Colo is still complicated



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The National Championship entered its decisive phase after the dispute of the date 32, marked by the giant step he took Catholic University in the fight for the longed-for three-time championship, he imposed U. of Chile to save themselves and fight to get into the Libertadores Cup, and the Colo Colo’s stumble in another of his “endings” due to permanence.

Shares kicked off on Friday, with Crusaders defeating one of the best teams in the second round, Deportes La Serena, with a tight 1-2 in La Portada.

Ariel Holan’s team reached 61 points and he benefited from the draw that La Calera won against Deportes Antofagasta hours later. The “cement workers” were five points behind La Franja and are forced to win in the next game, precisely against UC, to continue in the race for the title.

Católica, on the other hand, only needs a draw on Wednesday, February 10 to be crowned champion and conquer an unprecedented three-time championship.

Universidad de Chile, for its part, had action on Saturday and with a 3-0 triumph at Nacional embittered Jorge Pellicer’s debut in Unión Española.

The blues were complicated against the Hispanics, but the idol entered Walter Montillo and changed the face of the game, opening the Lion’s path to victory.

With the triumph, the laity were left with 48 points, two to get into positions of Copa Libertadores; and in the weighted, they left the third to last place and They climbed to 14th place, thanks to the draw by La Serena and the fall of Curicó Unido, which lost 1-3 to Santiago Wanderers.

Colo Colo, meanwhile, was saved from the defeat against Deportes Iquique and won a 0-0 draw in the Land of Champions, in a match where the “Celestial Dragons” had two goals disallowed.

The albos are still complicated in the penultimate place of the general classificationHe and they are, at the moment, playing the final of the permanence with Universidad de Concepción. The nortinos, for their part, remain last in the weighted table and will risk their lives on Wednesday, against Audax Italiano.

On the verge of direct descent was Coquimbo Unido, that you need practically a miracle to save yourself. The “pirate” box lost to “Campanil” and was sunk at the bottom of the table, with 31 points.

Finally, this Sunday, Audax Italiano also got caught up in the fight for not relegation, by equalizing without goals with O’Higgins.

And Cobresal got into positions in the Copa Sudamericana, by winning 2-1 at Huachipato in El Salvador, in the closing of the actions on date 32.

The penultimate date of the National Championship will be played between Wednesday, February 10 and Thursday, February 11, with simultaneous matches and the stellar duel between Universidad Católica and La Calera, where the Crusaders have run as favorites to be champions.

Check out the results for the date below:

Results

Positions table

Coefficient table

Scorers

This is how the tournament is played

The 18 teams that are members of the First Division of Chilean professional soccer, authorized to do so in accordance with current regulations, may participate in the Championship.

The Club that obtains the highest number of points at the end of the 34 dates that compose it and if there is equality in score in the first place will be proclaimed Champion of the Championship, the Champion will be defined in a single match.

Classification to international cups

The clubs that finish the tournament in the first four positions will access the Copa Conmebol Libertadores 2021.

The clubs that finish from fifth to eighth place will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2021.





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Cobresal moved away from the risk of decline after beating Huachipato in El Salvador

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With simultaneous matches: The programming of the decisive penultimate date of the Championship

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Cobresal defeated Huachipato in the epilogue and settled in the South American qualifying zone

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