MONTEVIDEO. Defensor Sporting was finally too good for Torque with the goal of A. Ferrari (14′ pen), M. Abaldo (20′) and A. Balboa (78′).
The match was played at the Parque Federico Omar Saroldi stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 9:45 am local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.1 degrees Celsius or 73.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 9 Total 7
- 3 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 110 Attack 88
- 56 Dangerous attack 54
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Torque was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Defensor Sporting that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Torque was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Defensor Sporting managed to find the solution to win this match.
Torque shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Defensor Sporting shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Torque received 1 yellow card (H. Petryk). Talking about the opposition, Defensor Sporting received 4 yellow cards (Juan Pintado, L. De los Santos, M. Rocha and G. Freitas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Torque will stay with 5 points like Liverpool and Cerro to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Defensor Sporting will have 8 points like Wanderers, Nacional, Deportivo Maldonado and Cerro Largo to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Torque will play away against Nacional on the 12th of May with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Nacional (1 draw).
Defensor Sporting will play away agasint Danubio on the 12th of May with a 16-12 head to head stats in favor of Defensor Sporting (12 draws).
Torque – Formation
Torque started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Ignacio Ithurralde Sáez decided to play with the following team: Gastón Guruceaga, Oscar Salomón, Lautaro Marco Spatz, Maximiliano Villa, Franco Pizzichillo, Santiago Nicolas Costa, Agustín Álvarez, José Álvarez, Tiago Palacios, Sebastián Guerrero and Lucas Rodríguez.
The home team had on the bench: Francisco Coirolo, Hernán Petrik, Lucas Rodríguez, Álvaro Brun, Franco Catarozzi, Facundo Rodríguez, Nicolás Siri, Ignacio Pereira, Sebastián Ribas and Franco Nicola.
Substitutions
Torque made 5 changes: F. Pizzichillo for Hernan Petrik (46′), S. Costa for Franco Catarozzi Parafita (46′), Maximiliano Villa Pereira for Ignacio Pereira González (46′), S. Guerrero for Rodrigo Pérez Casada (75′) and Lucas Rodríguez Trezza for Franco Nicola Albanell (90′).
Defensor Sporting – Formation
Defensor Sporting started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Marcelo Fabián Méndez Russo played with: Matías Dufour, Juan Pintado, Matías Rocha, Juan Sebastian Boselli, Nicolás Rodríguez, Gonzalo Freitas, Fernando Elizari, Lucas Paul De los Santos, Andrés Ferrari, Matias Abaldo and Adrián Balboa.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicolás Rossi, Facundo Bonifazi, Guillermo De Los Santos, Yefferson Quintana, Lucas Agazzi, Erico Cuello, Augusto Cambon, Anderson Duarte, Alvaro Navarro and Rodrigo Perez.
Substitutions
Defensor Sporting made 4 changes: G. Freitas for Erico Cuello Gutiérrez (81′), A. Ferrari for Fernando Elizari (81′), F. Elizari for Anderson Nathael Duarte da Silva (81′) and M. Abaldo for Lucas Agazzi Galeano (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Torque – Defensor Sporting – 0-3
- Boston River – River Plate – 0-0
- Cerro – Nacional – 2-2