Real Potosí took a decisive step towards the upper reaches of the Primera División table with a 2-0 victory over Universitario de Vinto in the thirteenth round of the Apertura tournament. The away side's clinical finishing proved decisive on Thursday evening, even though the hosts held the ball for seventy percent of the contest. Igor Soares and L. Ali were on target, and the result shifts the gap between seventh and fifteenth place.
L. Ali opened the scoring early, curling a finish into the corner in the eighth minute. Universitario responded with sustained pressure, but the breakthrough came from a penalty in the sixty-first minute when Igor Soares made no mistake from the spot. By then, G. Anasgo was already in the sin-bin, his second yellow card in the forty-second minute leaving his side with ten men for the second half. The academy graduate Ali marked his first start with a goal, and Soares gave nothing away when it mattered most.
The statistics tell a familiar story: hosts dominated possession but failed to convert their dominance into meaningful chances. Universitario registered thirteen shots with only three on target, while Real Potosí required just six attempts to find the net twice. The visitors created three big chances compared to one for the home side, and their shot accuracy of fifty-five percent versus fourteen percent speaks for itself. And here's the thing — possession means little when you cannot finish.
The result leaves Universitario de Vinto rooted to fifteenth place with just fourteen points from eighteen games, while Real Potosí move to seventh with twenty-six points. The hosts have now lost five of their last six matches, a run that suggests they are running out of games to climb out of trouble. The away end never stopped celebrating as the final whistle sounded, and the line has barely moved for either side in recent weeks.