Neither so good nor so bad: the half-season Colón had | OneFootball

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

The team closed the first 18 matchdays with 29 points, the result of seven wins, eight draws, and just three losses. Numbers that keep them in the race. But the defeat 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 side for several matchdays 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 in second place, although they appear behind due to goal difference.

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

Overall, the balance is still positive when looking at the context from the start of the year. Colón practically built an entirely new squad, went through a deep rebuild, and managed to put together a competitive foundation that allowed them to stay close to the top spots throughout.

The best numbers came in Santa Fe. At home they took 19 of the 27 points they played for, scored 12 goals, and conceded just five. Away from home, things were much tougher: they took 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 were generally an organized and competitive team, but they lacked 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 defeats against San Telmo and Morón. But there were other points the team let slip away and now sorely misses. The defeat in Chaco is one of the clearest examples. Beyond the context, these are situations a promotion contender cannot repeat if it hopes to stay in the fight until the final matchdays.

Ezequiel Medrán, Colón head coach.

That is why the transfer window looms 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, it needs more attacking punch, more alternatives, and a greater ability to finish off matches that it often controls but fails 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 regretted the most.

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