Neither so good nor so bad: Colón’s half-season | OneFootball

The first half of the Primera Nacional is over, and Colón heads into the break among the group of teams fighting near the top. Still, the feeling is that they could have finished in a better position.

The team closed the first 18 matches with 29 points, the result of seven wins, eight draws, and just three losses. Numbers that keep them in the race. But the loss to the team at the bottom of the table at this stage of the year once again exposed a reality that has been following Medrán’s team for several rounds now: they let points slip away that now weigh heavily in the standings.

The weekend results finished reshaping the table. Ferro beat Morón and caught them at the top with 34 points, while Madryn also beat Los Andes and moved to just one point behind Colón. El Sabalero ended up level with El Milrayitas as runners-up, although they appear behind due to goal difference.

Ferro 1–0 Morón (Photo: X @FerroOficial)

The overall balance is still positive when viewed in the context of the start of the year. Colón practically built a new squad, went through a deep rebuilding process, and managed to put together a competitive core that allowed them to stay close to the top spots at all times.

The best numbers came in Santa Fe. At home, they earned 19 of the 27 points they played for, scored 12 goals, and conceded only five. Away from home, things were much tougher: they picked up 10 out of 27, scored nine goals, and conceded the same number.

This is how the standings look at the top of Primera Nacional Zone B.

Colón was generally an organized and competitive team, but they lacked attacking depth in several matches. There were signings that failed to establish themselves, others that fell short of expectations, and that ended up reducing the options available to change the course of some games.

There were also matches that left many doubts, such as the losses to San Telmo and Morón. But there were other points the team let slip away that are now sorely missed. The loss in Chaco is one of the clearest examples. Beyond the context, these are situations a contender cannot repeat if it intends to stay in the fight until the final rounds.

Ezequiel Medrán, Colón head coach.

That is why the transfer window appears as a decisive moment. The structure is in place, the team has shown it can compete, and the numbers back that up. But to become a true promotion contender, they need more attacking weight, more alternatives, and a greater ability to finish off games that they often control but fail to put away.

The gap to the top is still small. Five points do not seem like a decisive difference when there are still 18 matches left to play. But the first half of the tournament left a clear lesson: in a division as evenly matched as the Primera Nacional, the points dropped against weaker opponents are usually the ones most regretted.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.