O’Higgins suffered a tough defeat at home against the “U”

O’Higgins from Rancagua suffered a painful defeat when he fell by the minimum score against the University of Chile for the fifth date of the first division championship, a match played on Sunday at the El Teniente stadium in the regional capital.

The light-blues began warning at the start of the first half, with a free kick taken by Matías Marín in the 8th minute that went high over Cristóbal Campos’ goal.

In the 26th minute, Diego Fernández dared with a shot from medium distance that required Campos who had to clear the ball from the corner kick.

The clearest arrival of the locals occurred in minute 36, with a personal move by Ronald Guzmán that ended up crashing his shot off the crossbar. Meanwhile, the Blues came closer in the 42nd minute through a shot by Leandro Fernández that went past the side of the goal.

The striker himself tried in stoppage time with a placed shot that crashed into the right post of the sky-blue arc.

Already in the second half, Fernández had a third occasion in the first passages of the complement with a right hand that goalkeeper Ignacio González took to the corner kick.

In the 77th minute, the trans-Andean player once again had the opportunity to score after the assistance of Darío Osorio, but his shot went far from the goal. Meanwhile, at minute 80, Matías Marín dared from mid-distance for the locals and the ball passed over the goal.

In the 87th minute, Matías Zaldivia received Fernández’s cross from a corner kick, connected the ball with his foot and it passed near the right post of the Rancagüino goal.

It seemed that everything ended in a draw, but the students were left with the victory, when the discounts were already played (93′) Leandro Fernández pressured Diego Fernández in a control of the ball and defined the near post of Ignacio González to decree the visitor’s victory .

A defeat that leaves O’Higgins relegated to ninth place with 6 units, it is also the second loss he has suffered at home (he had previously lost to Huachipato), on the next date the Rancaguino team will visit the Atacama region to face Deportes Copiapó, this duel is scheduled for this Monday the 27th.