Defensores de Belgrano VR — Bartolomé Mitre: 1:0, Torneo Federal A

Defensores de Belgrano beat Bartolomé Mitre 1:0 in the Winners Stage of the Torneo Federal A. The match finished on Saturday evening and the single goal proved enough. E. Roige struck early and the hosts held on despite the pressure that followed.

And here's the thing about that opening goal — it came at fifteen minutes, just when you think the game hasn't truly started. Roige found the net and suddenly everything shifted. By then the visitors were already adjusting, trying to recover from an early blow. One moment changes the whole shape of a match.

The red card at sixty-five minutes is where things got interesting. Bartolomé Mitre were reduced to ten men and suddenly had to defend for real. The yellow cards piled up after that — seventy-seven, seventy-eight, eighty — desperation showing in every tackle. To be fair, the hosts had their chances to extend the lead but couldn't convert.

Statistics tell a story that doesn't match the result. The visitors had more shots on target — six to five — and slightly more attacks, 143 against 140. Possession was even at 53 per cent for the hosts. Yet only one shot found the back of the net. Chances went begging when it mattered most.

Defensores sit fifth with ten points from seven games, while Mitre remain in ninth on just one point from six matches. The gap between them widens further now. The visitors have lost five of their six games and this result does nothing to ease that burden.