Deportivo Binacional's comprehensive victory
Deportivo Binacional thrashed Sport Huancayo 7-0 in the Segunda División's Regular Season round 17 on Thursday evening. The visitors made no mistake in their opening exchanges, going ahead within ten minutes before the home side had time to settle. And here's the thing — the match was effectively over long before the half-time whistle.
J. Hurtado opened the scoring in the seventh minute, and A. Acosta added two more within the next eleven minutes. Huancayo's troubles began earlier when J. Santa Maria received a red card in the sixth minute, leaving them to play with ten men from the start. To be fair, the visitors were clinical in their approach.
By the twentieth minute, Binacional had three goals and the home side was still searching for a foothold. Acosta's second strike in the eighteenth minute stretched the lead to three, and the momentum was never in doubt. Huancayo managed 55 per cent possession despite being a man down, but shots tell a different story — 12 on target and 10 off target yielded nothing.
The match took another turn in the fortieth minute when S. Angulo was sent off for Binacional, but G. Fuentes scored in the same period to extend the advantage to four. C. J. Mendoza Suarez added a fifth in the seventy-first minute, and J. Mosquera converted a penalty in the seventy-seventh. An eighth goal followed in the eighty-sixth minute, though the scorer was not recorded.
The statistics reveal the one-sided nature of the encounter. Huancayo dominated possession at 0.55 and registered 12 shots on target alongside 10 off target, yet managed only seven corners to Binacional's zero. The visitors required just one shot on target and one off target to maintain their composure. Red cards changed the dynamic — Huancayo had one while Binacional lost two men.
The result leaves Huancayo in sixth place with 19 points from 14 games, while Binacional sit ninth with just nine points. The home side have not won since their match against Santos, and this defeat extends a difficult run that includes losses to Minas and Bentin Tacna. Binacional's victory came after a heavy 1-7 defeat to Ayacucho, so this performance suggests a team finding its rhythm.
