GENERAL SAN MARTIN (Interstat) — Mauricio Cuero scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, and Chacarita Juniors held on for a 1-0 victory over Patronato on Sunday at Estadio de Chacarita Juniors in General San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires. The goal was the only score of the match and came just before Cuero was shown a yellow card in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Patronato finished the game with 10 men after a red card in the 76th minute, and the visitors could not find an equalizer. Chacarita Juniors moved to 1 win and 1 loss in the competition and across all competitions, while Patronato’s competition and overall records stood at 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw.

The first caution of the match went to Patronato’s Meritello in the 63rd minute. Chacarita Juniors then received yellow cards in quick succession, with Leyendeker booked in the 69th minute and Cuello booked in the 71st. The match turned in the 76th minute when Patronato’s Barolin was sent off, reducing the visitors to 10 players for the remainder of the contest. Chacarita Juniors kept pushing for a breakthrough, and the late goal arrived after a tense final stretch. Patronato had already made changes before the dismissal, and the red card forced the visitors to defend deeper as time ran down.

Both teams used their benches as the game progressed. Patronato made a substitution in the 36th minute with Salas, and then made two changes at the start of the second half in the 46th minute with Soldano and Barinaga. Patronato used another substitution in the 60th minute with Reynaga. Chacarita Juniors made its first changes in the 66th minute with Perez and Sanabria. Acosta was involved in a Chacarita Juniors substitution in the 74th minute, and Pantaleone and Chaves were involved in substitutions in the 82nd minute. The changes did not produce a goal until Cuero’s late strike.

Patronato’s Evangelista was booked in the 90th minute, and Chacarita Juniors’ Cristaldo had been cautioned in the 86th minute. Cuero then scored in the 90+4th minute, giving the home side the lead at the very end of regulation. Cuero was booked in the 90+5th minute, but Patronato could not respond before the final whistle. Chacarita Juniors’ competition record moved to one win and one loss, while Patronato’s record after three competition matches was one win, one loss and one draw.

Earlier this season, Chacarita Juniors lost 2-1 at Colegiales in its previous match. Patronato had beaten San Martin S.J. 3-0 and drawn 1-1 with Nueva Chicago in earlier competition matches. Entering the match, Chacarita Juniors had lost its only previous competition match, while Patronato had one win and one draw. The late win gave Chacarita Juniors its first victory of the competition, and Patronato’s competition and overall records both moved to one win, one loss and one draw.

Mauricio Cuero was the key performer for Chacarita Juniors. He had a statline of 24 minutes, one goal and one yellow card. His goal came in the 90+4th minute, and his booking came in the 90+5th. He was the only scorer in a match that remained scoreless until the final moments. The result at Estadio de Chacarita Juniors gave the home side a narrow win in a game that featured six yellow cards and one red card.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chacarita Juniors 2, Patronato 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Chacarita Juniors with a 67.1 percent probability to win. The actual result was a 1-0 Chacarita Juniors victory.