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He Phantom of the B or the Descent appears when you least expect it. And it will be the extra ingredient in the dispute Super classic of Chilean football between Universidad de Chile and Colo Colo, scheduled for this Sunday from 2:00 p.m. at the National Stadium.
It is that the great fear that the Blues had last season is being left behind, but it reappears to complicate another of the greats: it is Colo Colo, who got into trouble due to his discreet performance in 2020.
According to the numbers, with the dispute of the pending parties University of Chile it reached Colo Colo in the weighted table and both share the ninth place, with 1,350 units. That is to say, eight games were enough for the U to equalize the same situation as the Cacique.
The weighted table adds 60 percent of the 2019 performance to the 40 percent of 2020 to establish a score. The team with the worst indicator will lose the category at the end of this season, and the penultimate team will have to play a final for permanence.
Where Colo Colo is complicated is in the regular table, since the Albos only add seven points in eight dates and are two points from the risk zone: the last one descends directly and whoever follows him will play the announced final so as not to lose the category.
The U and Colo Colo will meet this Sunday in the 187th edition of the Superclásico for national championships. Photo: Agency One
The descent is also played in the Superclásico
If the championship ended today, O’Higgins would descend through the regular table, La Serena by the weighted one, and there will be a final between Coquimbo Unido and Santiago Wanderers to determine the third team that will play next year in Primera B.
But a defeat by Colo Colo in the Superclásico against U, plus a series of results, could leave the Albos in the playoff zone next Sunday, a nightmare that the popular team did not see coming.
On the other hand, Universidad de Chile breathes calmer. With the draw against Palestino, Hernán Caputto’s team accumulated 15 units in the current tournament, eight above Colo Colo and only four points behind the leader, Universidad Católica.
This means that the Blues will have a great opportunity to get closer to the top and to the qualifying positions of the Copa Libertadores, a scenario diametrically opposite to that of 2019, when the tournament was suspended with the team in the direct relegation zone.
Weighted table 2019/20
The weighted table condemns the bottom to First B and the penultimate to a final for permanence
