Sport Boids saw off Ciensiano 5-1 in the Clausura round six of the First Division on Saturday evening. The hosts dominated from the outset, with Pablo Erustes turning in a performance that will live long in the memory.
And here's the thing about the opening exchanges — Ciensiano's Marcos Martinich picked up a yellow and then a red card within the same minute, leaving his side with nine men. To be fair, they still took the lead through Carlos Garcés in the 14th minute, but the momentum had already shifted.
I was watching closely around that 20th minute mark, and what followed changed everything. Erustes struck in the 22nd, then again in the 31st, before adding a third just before half-time. By then, you could see the game slipping away from the visitors like sand through fingers.
The second half brought more of the same, with Erustes continuing his rout in the 55th and 56th minutes. Yuriel Celi pulled one back for Ciensiano in the 65th, but it was too little, too late. Substitutions came thick and fast, including Erustes himself being replaced in the 72nd minute after his work was done.
The statistics tell their own tale. Sport Boids registered eight shots on target to Ciensiano's six, though both sides created two big chances each. The hosts completed 265 passes compared to 247 for the visitors, with possession barely split at 51-49. It wasn't about numbers — it was about those three or four moments that decided the match.
For Sport Boids, this victory moves them clear of their recent struggles. They'd drawn two of their last three before this, and now they have something to build on. Ciensiano, meanwhile, sit seventh with 37 points, but that six-goal thrashing in the 6-1 win over Botafogo must have been a warning sign they couldn't ignore.
