Real Soacha secured a comfortable 4-1 victory against Patriotas Boyacá in the seventh round of the Clausura phase of Primera B on Friday evening. The hosts opened the scoring through M. Gomez in the fourteenth minute before extending their advantage before half-time. C. Rios made it two goals before the interval, suggesting Real Soacha had worked out how to break down their visitors' defence. By then the match was already settling into a pattern the hosts would not relinquish.
The momentum continued after the break when C. Negrete added a third in the fifty-seventh minute. Patriotas Boyacá lost their disciplinary edge shortly afterwards, seeing a player sent off in the sixtieth minute. And here's the thing about matches like this — once a side goes down to ten men, the tactical balance shifts entirely. Real Soacha had nothing to lose and went for it.
Y. Valencia stretched the lead to four in the sixty-eighth minute, capitalising on the numerical advantage. To be fair to Patriotas Boyacá, they had weathered the storm for over an hour without conceding again after Negrete's goal. The visitors' defence held firm until B. de Castro sealed the victory in the eighty-sixth minute, a late flourish that confirmed the result beyond doubt.
The result leaves Real Soacha in twelfth place with 21 points from 21 games, while Patriotas Boyacá remain one position above in eleventh with 25 points from 20 matches. By then both sides had played approximately the same number of fixtures, but the gap in the table suggested Patriotas Boyacá had been more consistent overall. The hosts' recent form included a heavy 0-2 defeat to Orsomarso on Wednesday, but this performance offered a different complexion.
Patriotas Boyacá arrived having beaten Deportivo 2-0 in their most recent outing, so this result represented a setback for their momentum. Real Soacha's record of four wins, nine draws and eight losses shows a team that struggles to close out matches but rarely loses heavily. The margin of victory here was somewhat generous, but the red card and the late goal diluted any argument that Patriotas Boyacá deserved something from the fixture.