Sancti-Pauli drew 2-2 with Deportivo La Coruña in a Club Friendly on Friday evening. The match finished level after four goals were scored across ninety minutes. Neither side managed to take control for long.
T. Hara opened the scoring in the ninth minute. It was an early statement, and by then the home side looked the more dangerous outfit. Deportivo responded with composure, waiting for their chance.
B. Ede equalised in the fifty-ninth minute. He had been on the pitch since the start, but his first real contribution came here. He was substituted shortly after in the sixty-fourth minute, and Cruz Luismi came on for Deportivo in the seventy-third.
M. Kaars put the hosts ahead again in the seventy-second minute. And here's the thing — the pattern was emerging. Two goals, a response, another goal. Then Z. Eddahchouri found the net in the eighty-fourth minute to rescue a point for the visitors.
The statistics tell one story, but the match told another. The hosts registered 114 attacks to Deportivo's 74. Possession sat at 46 per cent for the home side and 54 for the visitors. Eight corners for the hosts against two for the visitors.
Neither team had a red card, and there were no yellow cards either. The result leaves both sides with a point from their latest outing. For a friendly, it was a fair reflection of the balance on the pitch.