Sarmentoso defeated Huracan 2-0 in the Clausura fifth round of the Argentine Professional League on Saturday evening. J. Marabel opened the scoring in the thirtieth minute before L. Suarez added a second with fourteen minutes remaining. The home side moved up to eleventh place with nineteen points, while Huracan stayed seventh on twenty-two.
Marabel's goal came from a well-worked move that found space in the penalty area. The visitors had a chance to level when Elián Giménez appeared to score in the thirty-ninth minute, but a VAR review cancelled the goal. By then yellow cards were accumulating on both sides, with Rodrigo Fernández and Julián Mavilla both booked before the break.
The match shifted dramatically in the sixty-sixth minute when Jordy Caicedo received a red card for Huracan. Things came to a head after a series of challenges in midfield, and the away side had to weather the storm for nearly half an hour. Sarmentoso made several changes in response, bringing on J. Bisanz and J. Contrera among others as they looked to manage the advantage.
Suarez's goal in the eighty-sixth minute sealed the result and ended Huracan's clean-sheet hopes. The visitors had been camped in the final third for large periods but couldn't find the back of the net. There is no value left in possession statistics when you cannot convert them into chances, and Huracan's sixty-nine per cent share told only part of the story.
The numbers paint a picture of frustration for the away side. They registered one hundred and fifteen attacks against sixty-six, yet created zero big chances compared to Sarmentoso's one. Shots accuracy was zero for Huracan with no shots on target, while Sarmentoso hit the target five times from eleven attempts inside the penalty area.
The result means Sarmentoso close the gap on the teams above them, though they remain nine points off a top-seven finish. Huracan's draw in their previous match had brought them together early with their rivals, and this defeat extends that distance to three points. Both sides have played sixteen games, and the table will settle into something meaningful as the season progresses.