Luján took all three points from Estrella del Sur with a 2-0 victory in the Primera C regular season, a match that only revealed its true character in the dying moments. The visitors held firm at the break before L. Coronel struck in the 89th minute to put them ahead. By then, the game had settled into a familiar pattern — both sides sharing possession evenly, each probing but neither breaking through.
And here's the thing about late goals: they change how you remember a match. Coronel's effort came just before the red card in the 90th minute, which left Estrella del Sur with ten men and not much time. The visitors added a second goal with barely a minute remaining, sealing what had been a controlled performance until the chaos at the end.
To be fair, the statistics tell a simple story. Both teams recorded 50 per cent possession, but Luján registered two shots on target while the hosts managed none. Eighty-eight attacks against seventy-nine doesn't sound like much of a gap, yet it showed in the result. Estrella del Sur even had more corners in their favour — one to three — but couldn't convert that territorial advantage.
The red card in the 90th minute changed everything, though not in the way you might expect. With Estrella del Sur down to ten men, Luján didn't rush. They waited, they held their nerve, and they took their time to score again. That patience in the final moments says more than any possession figure could.
For Luján, this victory keeps them top of the table with 49 points from 27 games. A fourteen-win record puts them comfortably clear, and three straight wins before this run — including those 3-1 victories over Kleypol and Central Ballester — showed momentum building. Estrella del Sur remain fifth with 39 points, their recent form mixed between that 3-0 win over Leandro N. Alem and the narrow 1-1 draw with Mercedes.
What stands out isn't the dominance of numbers but the timing of moments. Two goals in three minutes, one of them after a dismissal, and suddenly a routine afternoon becomes the kind of match you remember. By then, Luján had already done enough to earn it.
