The 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura was the final game that determined the champion of the Torneo de Apertura 2013-14 of Chile.
Universidad Católica played against O'Higgins, both teams arrived with the same number of points to the last match-day of the championship. The match was played on 10 December 2013, at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.
Was the first tiebreaker match or Súper Final in the Primera División de Chile history. In which, O'Higgins reached its first championship by winning 0:1, with a goal of the Argentine-Chilean Pablo Hernández.
Match
After a hard-fought championship title fight against Universidad Católica, both ended up the tournament tied on 39 points, forcing a tiebreaker match, after an amendment to the rules of the championship was made. Modifying the rule that the team who had a better goal difference if both teams had the same number of points would be crowned as the champion.
The match was played at the Estadio Nacional de Chile as a neutral pitch, and the referee chosen for the match was Jorge Osorio.
The match was played on December 10, 2013, with a crowded Estadio Nacional de Chile that witnessed O'Higgins winning its championship in history with a goal of one of its main players Pablo Hernández, who ultimately ended up in club history.
Road to the final
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 17 matchdays played since 26 July until 8 December 2013.
Universidad CatólicaCampeonato Nacional O'HigginsOpponentResultRound robinOpponentResult Ñublense3-0 (H)Matchday 1 Deportes Iquique1-0 (A) Unión Española1-0 (A)Matchday 2 Antofagasta2-1 (H) Universidad de Concepción1-1 (H)Matchday 3 Audax Italiano1-1 (A) Audax Italiano1-1 (H)Matchday 4 Everton1-1 (H) Palestino6-3 (A)Matchday 5 Santiago Wanderers3-0 (A) Cobresal3-0 (H)Matchday 6 Palestino0-1 (H) Huachipato4-0 (A)Matchday 7 Ñublense1-0 (H) O'Higgins 1-2 (H)Matchday 8 Universidad Católica2-1 (A) Deportes Iquique2-2 (A)Matchday 9 Huachipato1-0 (H) Rangers5-1 (H)Matchday 10 Universidad de Chile1-1 (A) Santiago Wanderers2-0 (H)Matchday 11 Universidad de Concepción1-0 (A) Universidad de Chile1-0 (A) Matchday 12 Colo-Colo2-3 (H) Cobreloa2-1 (H)Matchday 13 Cobresal4-0 (A) Everton2-0 (A)Matchday 14 Cobreloa1-0 (H) Antofagasta0-2 (A)Matchday 15 Unión La Calera2-1 (A) Colo-Colo1-0 (H)Matchday 16 Unión Española1-0 (H) Unión La Calera2-0 (A)Matchday 17 Rangers4-3 (H)
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).
League table After the 17 matches of the round robin
After the Súper Final
Details
GK 1 Cristopher ToselliRB 4 Cristián Álvarez (c)CB 3 Enzo RocoCB 11 Hans Martínez LB 24 Alfonso Parot RM 19 Fabián ManzanoCM 6 Fernando CorderoCM 5 Tomás Costa LM 15 Michael Ríos CF 22 Matías Jadue CF 18 Ismael SosaSubstitutes:GK 21 Franco CostanzoDF 2 Marko BiskupovicMF 9 Fernando MenesesMF 14 José Luis Muñoz FW 30 Nicolás Castillo FW 17 Álvaro Ramos FW 8 Ramiro CostaManager: Martín Lasarte GK 12 Paulo Garcés RB 8 Yerson OpazoCB 22 Mariano UglessichCB 5 Julio BarrosoLB 24 Alejandro LópezRCM 2 Braulio Leal (c) LCM 5 César FuentesAM 10 Pablo HernándezRW 7 Luis Pedro Figueroa LW 13 Gonzalo Barriga CF 9 Pablo CalandriaSubstitutes:GK 1 Roberto GonzálezDF 27 Nicolás Vargas DF 4 Benjamín Vidal MF 14 Claudio MenesesMF 11 Francisco Pizarro FW 19 Carlos EscobarFW 16 Osmán HuertaManager: Eduardo Berizzo Man of the Match: Paulo Garcés (O'Higgins) Assistant referees: Juan Maturana Raúl Orellana Fourth official: Eduardo GamboaMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Statistics
+First halfUCOHIGoals scored01Total shots51Shots on target20Saves02Corner kicks21Fouls committed75Offsides01Yellow cards20Red cards00
+Second halfUCOHIGoals scored00Total shots44Shots on target01Saves10Corner kicks80Fouls committed69Offsides00Yellow cards02Red cards00
+OverallUCOHIGoals scored01Total shots95Shots on target31Saves12Corner kicks101Fouls committed1314Offsides01Yellow cards22Red cards00
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