At 4:15 p.m. on July 22, 1933the referee/manager George Batwho had to take the position vacated by the judge Pedro Jose Malbran (who did not attend), marked the beginning of the duel between Audax Italiano and Morning Star at the Santa Laura stadiumparty that gave the let’s go to First Division National Championship. And on this day this duel turns 90 years old.
Everything was forged when the leaders of eight capital clubs –Audax, Colo Colo, Green Cross, Morning Star, Santiago Badminton, Santiago National and Unión Deportiva EspañolaThey did not agree with the Santiago Football Association (AFS) to lower the permanence fee and decided to create the Santiago Professional Football League (LPF) in May of that year.
As a prelude to the new tournament, a elimination tournament between June and July of that yearwhich was called Opening Championshipwhich the albo team won the final against the Hispanics 2-1in the mythical Campos de Sports of the Ñuñoa commune, which we now know as the National Stadium Sports Park.
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Bateleader of the santiago badminton, had no major complications in a duel that had a “moderate” turnout, according to the chronicles of the time: approximately 2,500 spectators. It was speculated that it was due to Fear of fans of catching exanthematous typhusa disease that forced the General Directorate of Health of the government of Arturo Alessandri Palma to suspend certain activities during that weekend. The following week, the date was not played due to this situation.
Despite the 15-minute delay -the duel was scheduled for 4:00 p.m.-, the b-team of the audience (his stellar squad had been on a tour of America for months) he had no problem quickly marking the differences – according to the newspaper Third– with the goals of Julio Miranda (4′) and the Italian Gino Iacoponi (5′).
Isaiah Gonzalez (30′) put the discount with a corner shot in favor of the Morning Star -although others say that the goal was Humberto Roa– and the duel was equalized with chances for both institutions, but again Miranda (90’+4′), this time headfirst and in a “evident offside“, sentenced the actions in the “Cathedral of Chilean Soccer”.
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On that same day, in the background, Union received the “Cacique” in Santa Lauracon victory for the albos by 2-0while The first day was completed on July 23 with the 5-2 victory of Santiago Badminton against Green Crossin the Carabineros stadium, and Magallanes’ 3-0 win over Santiago National in the stadium of the Military School.
This milestone was important for the development of the league, which found its validity only seven days later, because in the session of July 29, 1933 of the Chilean Football Federation it was agreed to recognize the LPF of Santiago in its midst.
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2023-07-22 13:20:58
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