Takuary came from behind to beat Benjamin Aceval 2:1 in the Division Intermedia's twenty-sixth round on Saturday. The hosts took the lead through N. Palavecino in the twelfth minute, then had S. Bedoya sent off nineteen minutes in. Benjamin Aceval equalised through B. Diaz in the eighty-first before S. Benitez fired home a late winner for the visitors.
And here's the thing about carrying a man advantage — you still have to finish your chances. Benjamin Aceval controlled possession at sixty-six per cent but could only muster eight shots on target against Takuary's five. The visitors had more attacks overall, one hundred and thirty-four to seventy-two, yet they were chasing the game after that early red card changed everything.
To be fair, the momentum shifted after Diaz's equaliser. Benjamin Aceval pressed forward, expecting the visitors to break down under pressure. Instead, Takuary held their shape and found space on the counter. It felt like a moment where the game turned, not through quality of play but through discipline when it mattered most.
The statistics tell one story, but the match told another. Eight shots on target and a two-thirds possession share produced nothing more than a single goal. By then, Takuary had already closed the game out with Benitez's stoppage-time strike. Three shots, two on target for the hosts, and they took all three points.
We had backed the visitors at forty-one per cent confidence before kick-off. The prediction didn't materialise, and it wasn't for lack of effort from Benjamin Aceval. What broke the forecast was that early dismissal and the visitors' inability to convert their dominance into goals.
The result leaves Takuary fifteenth with twenty-four points from twenty-six games, while Benjamin Aceval remain fourth with forty-two. A win that should have been straightforward became a lesson in how quickly matches can unravel when you lose a player before the hour mark.
