El Porvenir took all three points from a hard-fought encounter against Claypol in the twenty-sixth round of Primera C. The home side finished four goals to two at the Estadio Municipal on Friday evening, with the result shifting them further clear of the relegation zone.
H. Rodriguez opened the scoring after just two minutes, a sharp finish that caught the visitors unprepared. To be fair, Claypol had looked organised in those opening exchanges, but they paid for a sloppy opening. J. Arrieta doubled the advantage at the half-hour mark, his goal following a period of sustained pressure.
By then the game had settled into a pattern El Porvenir could control. A. Paiva added a third at twenty-nine minutes, though the match was far from settled. Claypol began to believe they could climb back into the contest.
They showed it through M. Alvarenga at seventy minutes, a goal that brought the score to three-one. L. Llodra then found the net at seventy-seven, and suddenly El Porvenir had something to defend. And here's the thing about comebacks — they rarely happen without belief.
L. Villagra converted a penalty at eighty-nine minutes to make it four-two, but the damage was done. The visitors had thrown everything forward, leaving themselves exposed at the back.
El Porvenir registered four shots on target from ten attacks, while Claypol managed two on target from sixteen attacks. Possession sat at fifty percent apiece, but the difference lay in efficiency. Three yellow cards each suggested a match that grew increasingly tense.
The result leaves El Porvenir tenth with thirty-three points from twenty-six games. Claypol remain thirteenth on twenty-six points, their form having dipped since the opening rounds. Five defeats in their last six league matches tell their own story.
This was the kind of game decided by moments rather than minutes. El Porvenir had the edge in the first twenty, and they never let it go.
