Fénix secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over Tacuarembó in the second phase of the Segunda División on Saturday evening. The away side took control through two well-taken goals and held firm despite playing a man short in the closing stages. By then, the result looked beyond doubt.
Fernandez opened the scoring in the thirtieth minute, capitalising on a moment of space in the box. To be fair, Tacuarembó had not yet found their rhythm and left gaps between their lines. The visitors could see the game breaking open and pressed forward.
Things shifted after the half-hour mark when De Lima received a red card in the fifty-eighth minute. The home side had to regroup and play with ten men for the remainder of the match. And here's the thing — rather than collapse, they showed organisation but could not create clear chances against a disciplined defence.
Cabrera doubled Fénix's advantage in the seventy-fifth minute, rounding off a period of sustained pressure. Andrada saw red in the eighty-fourth minute but the home team lacked the numbers to mount any real threat. The visitors held their nerve and ran down the clock.
The statistics told a straightforward story. Both sides shared possession evenly at 0.5, though Fénix were more clinical with seven shots on target compared to Tacuarembó's single attempt on goal.
The result keeps Fénix in third place on eleven points after six games, while Tacuarembó remain bottom of the table with just three points from their opening fixtures. The gap between them widens further.
