Tricolor classic: Nacional beat Peñarol 2-0 in the Río de la Plata Series

At the Centenario Stadium, Nacional beat Peñarol 2-0 in the Río de la Plata Series in the second classic of the year.

The match began with the tricolor trying to position itself on the aurinegro field, but the first dangerous chances were for those led by Diego Aguirre, first with a cross shot by Franco González that Mejía covered and in the following action with a shot from outside the area. Silvera that went straight into the hands of the Panamanian. Nacional’s response came at 10′, with a powerful mid-distance execution by Mauricio Pereyra that went wide.

Ruben Bentancourt complied with the ‘Law of the ex’ and made it 1-0 for Nacional against Peñarol Río de la Plata Series

At 15′, Bolso managed to break the parity when Mauricio Pereira enabled Ruben Bentancourt, who complied with the ‘Law of the Ex’ and with a great cross definition scored the 1-0 for Nacional.

The albos struck again after half an hour of play, since a long delivery from Romero from the back was half rejected by Maximiliano Olivera and Guillermo De Amores left the area to cut off the attack, but Gonzalo Carneiro was faster and defined with the empty goal to score 2 to 0.

Peñarol tried to get back into the game and around the 40th minute they came close to scoring with a shot from “Crab” Javier Cabrera after a corner kick, but his attempt was narrowly missed. Nacional’s response came in the 45th minute, with a great header from Carneiro that hit the post.

For the complement, Aguirre sent Eduardo Darias, Leo Fernández, Gastón Ramírez, Nahuel Acosta and Lucas Hernández to the field looking for greater elaboration and more offensive weight to go out and look for the discount. In any case, the first clear chance of the second half was for Bolso, since a fierce shot by Mauricio Pereyra left the crossbar shaking before the fruitless effort of Guillermo De Amores.

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‘Chino’ Recoba also decided to move the team, bringing in Christian Oliva and Rafael Haller, and in the 68th minute Peñarol managed to cause concern with a powerful low shot from Gastón Ramírez that caused a very good save from Luis Mejía, avoiding the team’s discount. mirasol

At 78′, Nacional was left with one player less since Mauricio Pereyra, who was reprimanded, received the second yellow card, which complicated the white team in the final stretch of the match. From there, the Carboneros tried to close the gap and created a couple of very clear situations, first with a header from Lucas Hernández and later with an aerial attempt from Leo Coelho, but on both occasions Mejía avoided the fall of his goal.

In the final stretch, the tricolors resisted Peñarol’s attacks and secured the 2-0 victory, to win the “Ildo Maneiro” Cup of the Río de la Plata Series.