Atenas beat Colon 4:1 in the Segunda Division's 2nd Phase - 12 on 3 August 2026. The result shifts the home side from 12th to 13th place with four points from six games. Colon drop to sixth after moving up to five points from their nine-point haul. and here's the thing — matches rarely follow possession charts.
The visitors held 58 per cent of the ball and registered 65 attacks compared to Atenas's 63. Yet Colon managed only two shots on target from their 65 attempts, while their hosts found the net four times from five attempts on goal. by then you notice the efficiency gap, not the territory.
Atenas took one corner and committed 14 free kicks, while Colon won six set pieces and drew 23 throw-ins. The away side earned three yellow cards to the home side's two. The statistics suggest a game where Colon camped in the final third but came for a cross he never reached when it mattered.
Atenas now sit 13th with four points, one behind their previous position. Colon fall from fifth to sixth, their nine-point total looking thinner after the defeat. The home side's recent results included a 2:1 win over Plaza Colonia and a 1:1 draw with Miramar, but this performance carries different weight.
What stays with you is not the possession percentage. It is the fact that four goals came from five shots on target, while two came from seven. to be fair, the result reflects a match decided in moments, not minutes.