All Boys Edge Nueva Chicago in Tight Primera Nacional Encounter
All Boys secured a narrow 1:0 victory over Nueva Chicago in the 25th round of the Primera Nacional on Sunday evening. The result keeps the hosts in 16th place on 28 points while Nueva Chicago remain fourth from bottom on 29 points. And here's the thing — it wasn't the kind of game that screams for attention until you watch it properly. A. Tabares settled the matter with a goal at the 12-minute mark, and that single strike proved decisive. The home side had three shots on target against Nueva Chicago's zero, which tells you everything about efficiency versus possession. By then the visitors had already established control through the ball, accumulating 58 per cent possession to All Boys' 42, but couldn't find the third man in the box. The match settled into a rhythm of yellow cards and substitutions rather than chances. L. Leguizamon picked up a booking at 16 minutes, and then came the double whammy at 66 — both L. Cano and B. Palazzo were cautioned. Nueva Chicago threw bodies in the way when they needed to, but All Boys played the second half a man up after the exchanges and closed the game out without panic. The statistics paint a familiar picture: Nueva Chicago registered 139 attacks to All Boys' 111, took five corners against six, yet couldn't convert any of their four shots off target. There were three on target for the hosts, one of which found the net. To be fair, cup football has its own rules, and this wasn't a cup match, but the principle remains — many shots with one goal means chances went begging. Both sides came into this encounter with mixed recent form. All Boys had drawn twice and lost once in their previous five, while Nueva Chicago showed more volatility with wins and losses alternating. The hosts' defensive resilience showed through — they've kept three clean sheets in their last five appearances, which is why they sit just one point above their visitors despite fewer victories.The final whistle confirmed what the scoreboard showed from the 12th minute onward. All Boys took all three points from a match where Nueva Chicago dominated the midfield but found no answer when it mattered. The home side remain 16th, one point ahead of 15th-placed Nueva Chicago, and that half-point gap could prove significant come the season's end.