Defensores de Cambaceres secured a 2-0 win at Puerto Nuevo in the Primera C regular season on Saturday evening. The result moved the visitors to ten places in the standings while the hosts dropped further into the lower half. By then, the match had settled into a quiet rhythm until the final quarter-hour changed everything.
Puerto Nuevo controlled possession at 53 per cent but could not find the net despite 7 attempts off target. Defensores were more clinical with 4 shots on target, of which 2 found the back of the net. The visitors scored through D. Sanchez Palencia in the 84th minute before C. Raga Cordoba added a second in stoppage time. Things tightened up after the first red card for J. P. Lopez in the 73rd minute, and the situation worsened when he received his second dismissal a minute later.
Puerto Nuevo registered 69 attacks and 21 throw-ins but managed no shots on target. Defensores matched those 69 attacks while earning 7 corners compared to their hosts' 3. The statistics show a game where possession meant little without penetration. The visitors held every card tactically, waiting for their moment.
The result leaves Puerto Nuevo in seventh place with 38 points from 26 games. Defensores move to tenth with 29 points. The visitors ended a run of mixed results, having lost their last outing 2-0 away at Leon de Rosario. The hosts had kept three clean sheets on the spin before this evening, but the late goals proved costly.