Criciúma Atlético and Atlético Tordesillas shared the spoils in a Club Friendly on 22 August 2026, the final score reading 1:1. The match opened with tentative exchanges before the first breakthrough came in the second half. Both sides had looked to impose themselves early on, but neither could find the net in the opening forty-five minutes.
The deadlock broke at minute fifty-two when the hosts finally got their reward for sustained pressure. There is a rhythm to these friendlies that you come to expect — the first goal shifts the tempo entirely. By then the crowd had begun to settle into the match, watching for rather than reacting to every move.
Atlético Tordesillas responded with urgency and were duly rewarded at the eighty-fifth minute with an equaliser that felt like redemption. To be fair, they had not played badly enough to deserve going behind. The late strike gave them something to take away from a day that could easily have ended differently.
Neither manager had much to shout about in terms of match fitness, though the intensity picked up when the goals arrived. The hosts had dominated possession for periods without quite breaking through, while the visitors showed glimpses of the counter-attacking threat that has served them in earlier fixtures.
Looking at recent form, both sides arrive in similar territory. Criciúma Atlético drew their last outing against Laredo on 15 August, while Atlético Tordesillas also secured a point against Gihuelo on the same date. This result extends a pattern of hard-fought draws rather than decisive victories.
For now the table says little — friendlies do not move standings, only points totals matter in competitive fixtures. The result leaves both clubs with a neutral scoreline and perhaps a few questions to address before the competitive season begins.