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Sportivo Trinidense — Olimpia, Division Profesional - Clausura

Division Profesional - Clausura
Sportivo Trinidense D15 Aug · Home Nacional Asunción · 1:1D21 Aug · Away Rubio Ñu · 0:0L25 Aug · Away Sol de América · 1:2L29 Aug · Home 2 de Mayo · 0:1W2 Sep · Away Sportivo Ameliano · 3:0L6 Sep · Home Olimpia · 1:2
1:2
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Olimpia L20 Aug · Home Vasco DA Gama · 1:4W23 Aug · Home Cerro Porteño · 2:1W26 Aug · Away Cristóbal Colón JAS · 5:3W29 Aug · Away Deportivo Recoleta · 2:1D2 Sep · Home Club Guaraní · 1:1W6 Sep · Away Sportivo Trinidense · 2:1
Venue: Estadio Martín Torres City: Asunción

Match report

Sportivo Trinidadense and Olimpia met in the ninth round of the Professional Division's Clausura tournament on Saturday, with the visitors claiming a 2-1 victory despite the hosts' perfect start to the campaign. Trinidadense had won all three of their opening matches, sitting top with nine points, while Olimpia sat seventh with just three from three games. The opening goal came early, with Rodney Redes firing past the goalkeeper in the eighteenth minute. The strike was confirmed after a VAR review in the following minute, giving the home side what should have been a comfortable advantage. Trinidadense controlled the early exchanges, but Olimpia's response would prove decisive. And here's the thing about matches like this — the turning point often arrives when you least expect it. Tomás Ezequiel Rayer equalised for Olimpia in the sixty-fourth minute, and the momentum shifted. Nicolás Maná received a red card in the seventieth minute, reducing Trinidadense to ten men and leaving them stretched. By then, Olimpia had already changed shape at the break, pressing higher up the pitch. Hugo Sandoval put the visitors ahead in the eightieth minute, and despite a late surge from Trinidadense, the away side held their nerve. The statistics tell a simple story: Olimpia registered nine shots on target to Trinidadense's three, and their accuracy of 43 per cent proved the difference. Both sides shared possession equally, but the visitors' 105 attacks against 77 showed where the danger lay. The result leaves Trinidadense still top of the table but with their perfect record broken, while Olimpia move to four points and stay in touch with the leading pack. The hosts' recent form — a 3-0 victory followed by three games without a win — suggested they could bounce back, but this performance refused to go away. On the other hand, Olimpia's consistency over the opening rounds finally showed through. We had backed Trinidadense to win at 49 per cent confidence, but the match took a different turn. The red card changed everything, and Olimpia's clinical finishing in the final third ended a barren spell for their attack. The old head settled them down when it mattered most, and the result stands as it should.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 50 50
Shots on target 3 9
Shots off target 5 8
Attacks 77 105

Match events

  1. 18' 0:1 Olimpia Goal Rodney Redes
  2. 19' 0:1 Olimpia var_goal_confirmed Rodney Redes
  3. 27' 0:1 Sportivo Trinidense Yellow card Gustavo Viera
  4. 43' 0:1 Sportivo Trinidense Yellow card Sergio Mendoza
  5. 56' 0:1 Sportivo Trinidense Substitution Oscar Gimenez off: Tomás Ezequiel Rayer
  6. 61' 0:1 Olimpia Substitution Rodney Redes off: Franco Alfonso
  7. 64' 1:1 Sportivo Trinidense Goal Tomás Ezequiel Rayer assist: Axel Rolando Cañete Ortiz
  8. 70' 1:1 Sportivo Trinidense Red card Nicolás Maná
  9. 73' 1:1 Olimpia Substitution Tim Payne off: Raúl Alejandro Cáceres Bogado
  10. 73' 1:1 Olimpia Substitution Fernando Cardozo off: Hugo Sandoval
  11. 77' 1:1 Olimpia Yellow card Richard Ortiz
  12. 78' 1:1 Sportivo Trinidense Substitution Sergio Mendoza off: Armando Ruiz Díaz
  13. 78' 1:1 Sportivo Trinidense Substitution Clementino González off: Deivis Faustino Barone Mora
  14. 80' 1:2 Olimpia Goal Hugo Sandoval
  15. 83' 1:2 Sportivo Trinidense Yellow card Deivis Faustino Barone Mora
  16. 84' 1:2 Olimpia Substitution Bernardo Romeo Benitez Farina off: Ruben Lezcano
  17. 84' 1:2 Olimpia Substitution Gabriel Ávalos off: Alex Fernando Franco Zayas
  18. 85' 1:2 Sportivo Trinidense Substitution David Villalba off: Néstor Camacho
  19. 86' 1:2 Sportivo Trinidense Substitution Gustavo Viera off: Diego Lucas González
  20. 90+2' 1:2 Olimpia Yellow card Franco Alfonso
  21. 90+5' 1:2 Olimpia Yellow card Mateo Gamarra

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50
3 Shots on target 9
5 Shots off target 8
77 Attacks 105
6 Corners 6
16 Fouls 10
10 Free kicks 16
3 Offsides 1
3 Yellow cards 3
1 Red cards 0
15 Goal kicks 7
20 Throw-ins 8
All statistics
3 Blocked shots 4
105 Failed passes 99
7 Goalkeeper saves 2
0.27 Shot accuracy 0.43
1 Shots from outside the box 7
10 Shots inside the box 14
213 Successful passes 406
318 Total passes 505

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D15 Aug · Home Nacional Asunción · 1:1D21 Aug · Away Rubio Ñu · 0:0L25 Aug · Away Sol de América · 1:2L29 Aug · Home 2 de Mayo · 0:1W2 Sep · Away Sportivo Ameliano · 3:0L6 Sep · Home Olimpia · 1:2

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