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This week the date 22 of the National Championship is celebrated, marked by the defeat of Unión La Calera, that he lost the chance to beat Universidad Católica in the table; the triumph of Universidad de Chile over Audax Italiano Y the fall of Colo Colo before La Serena, direct rival in the fight to maintain the category.
The “cement workers”, who came from thrashing Everton 6-2, had an irregular presentation this Wednesday and lost 3-1 to Palestino in La Cisterna. With the result, the Caleran team was left with 45 points, the same as the Catholic University, which added another party suspended on this date.
The “crossed” team, which did not play the university classic last Sunday, will not participate on this date 22 (against Santiago Wanderers), due to its participation in the South American Cup.
For its part, Unión Española, escort of the leaders, once again let slip the possibility of cutting the distance. Ronald Fuentes’ team drew 1-1 with Deportes Iquique and signed their fourth game without knowing of wins.
University of Chile, on the other hand, returned to celebrate. The student team had its first win with Rafael Dudamel on the bench, beating Audax Italiano 1-3 in Florida. The figures were Reinaldo Lenis, who made his scoring debut, and Pablo Aránguiz, scorer of the winning goal, on his return after overcoming a severe injury.
Colo Colo lives different situation. The white painting is at the bottom of the abyss and cannot get out of the last place in the table, after losing 0-2 to Deportes La Serena at the Monumental.
The garnet team added five victories in a row and moved away from the bottom, while the “Cacique” is in danger of descending, missing 12 dates for the end of the championship.
Penultimate is Coquimbo Unido, with 23 points (five more than Colo Colo). The “pirates”, however, did not play against Deportes Antofagasta on this date, due to their participation in the Copa Sudamericana. The duel was postponed to December 23.
Another who moved away from the lower area was O’Higgins, who defeated Huachipato 2-1 in Rancagua. The “Capo de Provincia” left the penultimate position and climbed to place 13, with 25 points.
Finally, in the middle of the table, Cobresal snapped a negative winless streak by beating Universidad de Concepción 3-1.
Date 22 will continue this Thursday, with the duel between Everton and Curicó in Viña del Mar; and it will close with the pending duels on December 23 and 30, when Coquimbo Unido will play Antofagasta and Universidad Católica against Santiago Wanderers, respectively.
RESULTS – DATE 22
Tuesday December 8
Cobresal 3-1 University of Concepción, El Cobre Stadium. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Bookmark
1-0: 16 ‘Franco Ragusa (COB). 1-1: 57 ‘Cecilio Waterman (UdeC). 2-1: 64 ‘Rodolfo González (COB). 3-1: 81 ‘Juan Carlos Gaete (COB).
Sports Iquique 1-1 Unión Española, Tierra de Campeones Stadium. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.
1-0: 54 ‘Guido Mainero (IQUI); 1-1: 59 ‘Misael Dávila (EU)
Colo Colo 0-2 Sports La Serena, Monumental Stadium. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.
0-1: 22 ‘Martín Tonso (LS); 0-2: 81 ‘Rodrigo Salinas (LS)
O’Higgins 2-1 Huachipato, El Teniente Stadium. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.
1-0: 39 ‘Tomás Alarcón (OHI); 1-1: 72 ‘Joffré Escobar (OHI); 2-1: 81 ‘Tomás Alarcón (OHI)
Wednesday December 9
Palestinian 3-1 Unión La Calera, Municipal Stadium of La Cisterna. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.
0-1: 18 ‘; Juan Leiva (ULC), 1-1: 53 ‘; Bryan Carrasco (PAL), 2-1: 58 ‘; Jonathan Benítez (PAL), 3-1: 75 ‘; Carlos Villanueva (PAL)
Audax Italiano 1-3 University of Chile. Florida Bicentennial Stadium. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Bookmark.
0-1: 49 ‘Reinaldo Lenis (UCH); 0-2: 53 ‘Camilo Moya (UCH); 1-2: 62 ‘Gonzalo Alvarez (AUD); 1-3: 89 ‘Pablo Aránguiz (UCH)
Thursday 10
Everton – Curicó Unido, at 21:30 hours. Sausalito Stadium.
Suspended duels
Coquimbo Unido – Antofagasta. “Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso” Stadium. December 23th.
Catholic University – Santiago Wanderers. San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium. December 30
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.
Champion of the Championship will be proclaimed, the Club that obtains the most points at the end of the 34 dates that compose it and if there is equality in score in the first place, the Champion will be defined in a single match.
Classification to international cups
The clubs that finish the tournament in the first three positions will access the Copa Conmebol Libertadores 2021.
The clubs that finish from fourth to eighth place will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2021.
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