Unionistas de Salamanca edged Cácerense 1-0 in a club friendly on Thursday, with the result decided in the dying moments. The match took place on 21 August 2026, as both sides continue their pre-season preparations. It wasn't a game that demanded much from either defence, but it was enough to give Unionistas something to build on.
And here's the thing — the only goal came at 90+3 minutes. A. Gomez found the net in stoppage time, which means the match stayed level for nearly the full ninety. To be fair, that late finish is hardly unusual in friendlies, but it gave Unionistas a result they could take pride in.
Both sides showed similar numbers in attack, Unionistas with 143 attacks to Cácerense's 134. Neither side managed a corner, which tells you something about how the game played out — not much penetration in the final third. Yellow cards were minimal, one for the hosts and two for the visitors, so there was no sense of anything breaking down.
Unionistas have been finding results of late. They beat Alcorcon 1-0 on 18 August and Gimnastica Segoviana 1-0 on 15 August, but before that they'd lost four in a row. Cácerense's run has been steadier — wins over Jovellanos and Villanovense, a draw with Real Jaén, though they've lost to Guadalajara and Alcorcon in their last five.
By then, that late goal was all that separated them. Unionistas turned to the kids, or at least kept faith with the squad they've been working with, and it paid off in the end. The relationship between attack and defence looked tighter than the statistics suggested — three clear chances, one goal, and that's the kind of efficiency friendlies are supposed to test.
The scoreline doesn't mean much in isolation, but it gives Unionistas something to carry forward. Cácerense will look at the missed chances and move on. Neither side is in any rush to make conclusions from a game that was never going to be about tactics or results.