Felipe Vizeu headed home in the 56th minute for Sporting Cristal against Atlético Grau, cutting the deficit in a Liga 1 match.
The goal came after Vizeu had already come on as a substitute, and it took him to five goals for the year. The finish gave Cristal a needed response in a game that had been moving away from them before his intervention.
The detail that matters is not just the timing, but the source. Vizeu was not in from the start. He entered the match, then made his mark with a header that changed the scoreline and sharpened Cristal’s position in the contest.
That makes the goal more than a tally on a sheet. It was a late-arriving lift in a single match that showed how one substitution can alter the shape of a Liga 1 afternoon, and it left Vizeu with five goals on the season as the match moved on.