Juan Pablo II beat ADT 5-1 in the Clausura round six of the First Division on Friday evening at the Complejo Deportivo Juan Pablo II. The hosts took control early and never looked back as they moved away from their recent struggles and put three points firmly in the bag.
The opening goal came at the two-minute mark when J. Posito found the net, and it set the tone for what followed. ADT thought they had pulled one back before the break through a penalty converted by E. Ramirez on thirty-five minutes, but the visitors never recovered from that deficit.
And here's the thing about second-half football — momentum matters. Posito doubled his tally at sixty-five minutes and Rojas added a third a minute later at sixty-seven. Then J. Valencia bundled in an own goal at seventy-five, which was the moment the match truly slipped away from ADT.
Canela Torres rounded off the scoring at eighty-four minutes after coming on as a substitute, and by then the result was never in doubt. The hosts made several changes in the final quarter, bringing on Lucumi, Ramirez, Posito and Bauman among others as they managed the game.
The statistics tell a story of efficiency over volume. Juan Pablo II held forty-four percent possession but shot with far greater accuracy, hitting five targets from nine attempts compared to the visitors' four from ten. ADT enjoyed more attacks — ninety-nine to seventy-three — but their thirty-one percent shooting accuracy meant chances went begging.
The result lifts Juan Pablo II to thirteen place on twenty-four points from twenty-four games, while ADT remain seventeenth on twenty-two points. The hosts had lost three of their previous four matches and drawn one, so this was a statement win that could reshape their season.