Atenas and Cerro played out a 0:0 draw in Segunda División on Saturday, September 13th, in the 18th round of the second phase. We had backed the hosts at 49 per cent confidence, but the match refused to go our way. And here's the thing — you watch enough games and you know when a result is being denied rather than earned.
There was a goal registered at the 53rd minute, though the scoreboard told a different story by the final whistle. The hosts managed 96 attacks against 86 for the visitors, with five shots on target compared to three. To be fair, the chances were there, just not the finishing touch.
Atenas sat in 12th place on four points from six games, while Cerro occupied eighth with nine. The visitors had won two and drawn three, but this one slipped through. By then the old head had settled them down, even if the points remained elusive.
Both sides picked up yellow cards — three for the hosts, four for the away team — and the free kicks told a similar tale. Throw-ins came 29 to 22, and corners were sparse at two versus one. It was a match where possession meant little, 54 per cent for Atenas carrying no weight in the final tally.
The hosts had not won since their 3:2 victory over River Plate last week, while Cerro's run of two wins and three draws remained intact. This result left both sides where they started, with nothing to separate them in the table. They closed the game out without adding to their scores, and the game ended as it began — a stalemate.
