Deportes Santa Cruz suffered a tough 3-2 defeat in their visit to the Calvo y Bascuñán stadium. The Unionistas, facing Deportes Antofagasta, needed to add points in order not to miss another opportunity to establish themselves in the playoffs, especially when they were facing a direct rival and waiting for the confirmation of the three points for Deportes Recoleta due to the Barnechea case, which would make them fall back even further in the table.
In the north, everything seemed to be going well, with Mathías Pinto opening the scoring in the 33rd minute.
But, in the 37th minute, a mistake by goalkeeper Manuel García allowed Andrés Souper to tie the game, as the shot from the Antofagasta midfielder went into the Santa Cruz goal.
Later, Venezuelan Luis Guerra, shortly after the second half (48′) gave the puma team the lead.
Of course, the team managed by Hernán Peña continued to fight and in the 59th minute was able to equalize thanks to a clever move by Uruguayan Diego González.
And finally, when Santa Cruz was playing better in the match, in the 69th minute, Mauro Quiroga attacked the Unionista area to make the final score 3-2.
With this defeat, the team from Santa Cruz remains in the standings with 32 points, and next Saturday they will be forced to win at home. At 5:30 p.m. they will host Deportes Temuco, another team that is also fighting to reach the post-season.
Match sheet
Antofagasta Sports (3): Coach: Diego Reveco.
Santa Cruz Sports (2): Coach: Hernan Pena.
Referees: Diego Flores, Fabian Aedo, Victor Pasmino, Franco Jimenez.
Cautioned: Soza, Vasquez, Maluenda (CDA); Navarrete (DSC).
Goals: 0-1, 33′, Pinto; 1-1, 37′, Souper; 48′, 2-1, Guerra; 59′, 2-2, Gonzalez M.; 69′, 3-2, Quiroga.
Estadio: Calvo and Bascuñán, Antofagasta.
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