Carmelita beat Uruguay 4:0 in the Liga Ascenso regular season, eighth round, on Thursday evening. The hosts kept their side in it through the second half and found a way through when it mattered most. To be fair, the scoreline doesn't tell the whole story of how the game unfolded.
Four goals came in quick succession after the interval. The first arrived in the fortieth minute, followed by another in the forty-fourth. A third goal landed in the forty-seventh and the fourth in the fifty-second. By then the visitors had already felt the pressure and couldn't recover.
Carmelita were more clinical with their chances. They registered nine shots on target compared to five for the visitors, though Uruguay had more attacks overall at 113 against 105. Possession sat at 44 per cent for the hosts, with 56 per cent going to the away side. Many shots with four goals means chances were taken, while five shots on target for the visitors yielded nothing.
The result shifts the table slightly. Carmelita move to tenth place with seven games played, one win, three draws, three defeats and six points. Uruguay sit ninth with the same number of matches, two wins, one draw, four losses and seven points. The gap between them remains one point.
What stood out was the timing. We had given a home win as our forecast with 42 per cent confidence, and the match delivered on that. The old head settled them down after the break, and once the fourth goal went in the visitors had nothing left to fight for. The draw brought them together early, but this time the hosts pulled away.