San Martín de Tucumán and San Martín de San Juan shared the points in a Primera Nacional encounter on Sunday evening. The match finished 1-1 at the regular season stage. To be fair, neither side looked convinced they could take all three points.
G. Carabajal opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fifty-second minute. F. Coronel responded just three minutes later to level things. And here's the thing about that sequence—two goals in five minutes decided the tempo.
The manager turned to the bench when the game needed fresh legs. V. Salazar came on in the fifty-eighth minute, followed by L. Monje after the hour mark. A. Veliez, B. Cabrera, S. Jaurena, G. Carabajal and F. Coronel all saw action as the match progressed.
The hosts dominated possession at fifty per cent and registered 180 attacks against the visitors' 110. They had five shots off target and two on, while the away side managed three shots on target from four attempts off target. By then, the statistics told you everything about how the game played out.
San Martín de Tucumán remain eleventh with 36 points from 28 games. San Martín de San Juan sit seventh with 41 points after 27 fixtures. The point felt like a rescue for both sides given where they had been.