Estudiantil Civil held Comisionistas to a 2:2 draw in the Segunda División's regular season round 14 on Saturday evening. The result keeps the hosts in eighth place while the visitors remain second after another point dropped away from home.
V. Perlaza opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute before P. Bueno responded within two minutes. The visitors' man struck again in the twenty-third to take the lead, though H. Arakaki equalised for Estudiantil shortly after. By then the match had already shown its pattern — Comisionistas pressing, Estudiantil waiting.
Comisionistas controlled territory with 82 attacks against 45, but the visitors found themselves frustrated in front of goal. Three shots on target for the hosts produced two goals while Comisionistas managed only two on target despite their dominance. And here's the thing about these away games — the team that presses high often leaves itself exposed.
Substitutions came in clusters around the sixtieth minute as both sides tried to shift momentum. A. Ramua, H. Arakaki and R. M. Guerrero Fonseca all went off for Estudiantil in the sixty-sixth, while S. Aponza and D. Cuadros followed in the seventieth. P. Vela made his appearance in the eighty-fourth as Comisionistas searched for a winner.
The statistics tell you what happened but not why. Comisionistas had more possession at 53 per cent and earned six corners to nine for the hosts, yet they couldn't convert their superiority. To be fair, Estudiantil's defensive shape held firm when it mattered.
With sixteen points from fifteen games, Estudiantil sit just ten behind the leaders at the top of the table. Comisionistas now have twenty-six points from sixteen matches and still lead by a comfortable margin, but this result suggests the gap might close faster than expected.