12 de Junio fell to Sportivo Carapeguá by a solitary goal in the Intermedia's twenty-first round on Saturday. The visitors took all three points from a fixture where they had little of the ball but plenty of conviction. The match finished 0:1, with the only moment of quality arriving after the hour mark.
By then, the hosts had been pushing forward for some time. Their possession figures told the story — sixty-four per cent — yet the ball rarely found the net. The decisive moment came in the sixty-ninth minute, when Carapeguá struck. To be fair, it wasn't a moment of pure chance; it was the reward for patience. The away side had weathered the storm and snatched it at the death, as it were.
Statistics don't always tell the full picture. 12 de Junio registered seventy-eight attacks against sixty for their opponents, with nine corners to five. They landed three shots on target compared to two, yet neither side could convert more than once. The hosts' dominance in possession meant they created more chances, but the away team was out-thought on the touchline, making do with what they had.
The result shifts the table slightly. 12 de Junio remain second on forty-three points after twenty games, with thirteen wins, four draws and three losses. Carapeguá stay ninth on twenty-five points, their record reading seven victories, four draws and nine defeats. The gap between them remains substantial — eighteen points separate the two sides.
