San Telmo and Deportivo Morón played out a 2-2 draw in the Primera Nacional regular season on Thursday. The result leaves the hosts 17th with 27 points and keeps Deportivo Morón in second place on 49.
F. Fagundez opened the scoring for San Telmo in the 17th minute and added a second just before half-time in the 42nd. Deportivo Morón responded immediately after the break when F. Baez found the net in the 46th minute. The match stayed level until J. Porto scored a late equaliser for the visitors in the 90+3rd minute.
By then the game had already gone off the rails. E. Diaz received a red card for San Telmo in the 21st minute, and F. Toloza was sent off for Deportivo Morón in the 83rd. J. Motroni picked up a second red card for the visitors in the 90+6th minute, leaving both sides with just ten men.
And here's the thing about the statistics. San Telmo claimed 51 per cent possession and registered eight shots on target against six for the visitors. But possession and shots mean little when red cards keep changing the shape of the game.
To be fair, the table tells a different story from the match itself. Deportivo Morón had won 14 of their 27 games this season, while San Telmo had managed only six victories. The draw extended a poor run for the hosts, who had lost four of their last five matches before this game.
The result means Deportivo Morón hold on to second place, though the gap to the teams above remains tight. San Telmo's position in the lower half does not change, but the point offers a small reprieve after consecutive defeats.