Godoy Cruz took all three points away at Acassuso on Thursday evening, winning 1-0 in the twenty-sixth round of the Primera Nacional. The visitors held their nerve after V. Poggi's second yellow card in stoppage time, and ground out the win despite a late red card against them. By then the result was already decided, with B. Schamine's eighty-second-minute goal proving decisive.
The goal came from a moment of patience rather than pressure. Schamine found space in the box to finish a cross that Acassuso's defence had been failing to clear all evening. To be fair, Godoy Cruz had been the side with more possession and more attacks — eighty-seven compared to sixty-nine — but the difference in quality showed only when it mattered.
Acassuso's red card in the ninety-fourth minute came too late to change anything. Poggi picked up his second yellow for a second booking in the same minute, leaving the hosts with eleven men for the final seconds. It was a harsh end to a frustrating night, but the damage had been done long before that moment.
The statistics tell a story of dominance without conversion. Godoy Cruz registered four shots on target from just six attempts, while Acassuso also hit the target four times from ten shots. And here's the thing — both sides were equally wasteful, but only one side took their chance.
Godoy Cruz's position in the table reflects their consistency. Sitting sixth with forty-three points from twenty-seven games, they have twelve wins and seven draws. Acassuso, meanwhile, languish in eighteenth place with twenty-three points, their record revealing fifteen losses across the season.
The result extends Godoy Cruz's unbeaten run and puts further pressure on Acassuso's survival hopes. With fourteen defeats already, the hosts face a difficult finish to the campaign. The gap between them now stands at twenty points, and that kind of distance in this league is rarely closed.