Ordonez scores twice as Yaracuyanos routs Urena 5‑1
URENA, Venezuela (Interstat) — Eli Ordonez scored twice and Yaracuyanos produced a relentless attacking performance to beat Urena 5-1 in a football match Sunday, securing a convincing road result and leaving the home side still without a win in the competition this season.
Yaracuyanos set the tone early and opened the scoring in the 30th minute when Jabdiel Silva finished a flowing move. The visitors continued to press after the goal, keeping Urena under pressure and limiting the home side’s ability to settle into possession. Urena struggled to string passes together in the opening half and often had to defend deep as Yaracuyanos moved the ball quickly through midfield. Yaracuyanos protected its lead through the remainder of the first half and went into the break with a narrow but deserved advantage, having forced Urena to chase the match from behind.
The lead grew in the 58th minute when Ordonez scored his first goal of the match. Yaracuyanos’s quick movement in the attacking third created problems for Urena, and the visitors appeared in control with a two-goal cushion. Urena tried to respond and found a way back into the match in the 64th minute when Ray Montano scored, briefly giving the home side hope and changing the mood around the ground.
The reply was short-lived. Santiago Garzon scored for Yaracuyanos in the 67th minute to restore the visitors’ two-goal advantage, punishing Urena before the home side could build on Montano’s finish. Ordonez struck again in the 75th minute, scoring his second goal of the match and further tilting the contest in Yaracuyanos’s favor. Urena’s defense, which had already been stretched repeatedly, could not find a way to slow the visitors’ attack.
Luis Alvarez completed the scoring in the 87th minute, finishing a late move that capped a five-goal performance for Yaracuyanos and a difficult afternoon for Urena. The final stages belonged to the visitors, who kept pushing forward even after the result was secure. Urena, meanwhile, could not build sustained pressure after cutting the deficit and spent much of the closing stretch defending against a Yaracuyanos side that maintained its attacking intent. The late goal gave the scoreline a comprehensive look and underlined the visitors’ advantage in the final third.
Ordonez was the top star for Yaracuyanos, with his two goals serving as the defining individual performance. Montano scored Urena’s only goal. Silva, Garzon and Alvarez also found the net for Yaracuyanos, giving the visitors contributions from multiple attackers across the match. Yaracuyanos’s ability to answer Urena’s only goal quickly proved important, as the visitors scored three more times after Montano’s finish and never allowed the home side to turn the match into a tense finish. Urena’s lone goal came during its best spell of the match, but the home side could not sustain that momentum.
The result moved Yaracuyanos to 2-0 in the competition and 2-1-1 across all competitions. Urena fell to 0-1-1 in the competition and 0-2-2 overall. Yaracuyanos had entered the match after a draw with Barquisimeto, a win over Barquisimeto and a loss at Caracas in its previous outings this season. Urena had lost at Lara, drawn at El Vigia and drawn with Trujillanos in its prior matches. The visitors’ season form now includes two wins, one loss and one draw overall, while Urena is still seeking its first victory across all competitions. Yaracuyanos’s competitive record remains perfect after two matches, and the visitors will view the road performance as a strong response to the mixed results that preceded it.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 1-1 final. Interstat’s ELO system had given Yaracuyanos a 61.5 percent probability to win. Urena had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 2.5.