Rangers will be the unionist rival, a duel set for next Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the Joaquín Muñoz García stadium.
Next Tuesday, at the Joaquín Muñoz García stadium, Deportes Santa Cruz will play the most important game of this season. The above, because they will face Rangers de Talca in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the league that seeks the second promotion to the First Division 2025.
The unionists, who officially qualified after the Wanderers – Universidad de Concepción case was closed, have worked for a couple of weeks in “La Cava” to refine details of how to face this crucial stage of the competition.
What’s more, they hope that on Tuesday – probably with a full stadium – they can give the first blow and go to Talca the following Sunday to close the classification for the next instance.
The other post-season games will be animated by Deportes Antofagasta vs Deportes Limache and Deportes Recoleta vs Santiago Morning.
IT’S NOT NEW
Although, with this tournament format it is the first time that Deportes Santa Cruz will play at a higher level, it is not the first time that the Colchagua Valley team is in these instances.
In the 1984 and 1985 season, Unión Santa Cruz – as it was called in those years – competed in the promotion groups trying to reach a place in the First Division.
On 84, Santa Cruz won the northern zone, with 20 points, advancing to the league along with Unión La Calera, Curicó Unidos and Super Lo Miranda. Among those four, the winner was La Calera, since the Santa Cruz team only added two points (one win) in that section.
While, in ’85, in the regular phase they were third with 20 points, behind Trasandino de Los Andes and Deportes Antofagasta. In the post-season, the unionist team came behind Trasandino, accumulating 30 units (against 34 for the Condor), and was left, once again, with the desire to advance.