MONTEVIDEO. Cerro recovers against Nacional with a goal on the A. Trezza 12′ and a goal on the G. Pereiro 69′.
The match was played at the Estadio Monumental Luis Tróccoli stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.8 degrees Celsius or 74.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Cerro was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Nacional that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nacional was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Nacional to win the encounter.
Cerro shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nacional shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cerro received 2 yellow cards (Ramiro Fernández and Nahuel Acosta Da Silva). Regarding the opposition, Nacional received 2 yellow cards (Fabián Noguera and L. Morales).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cerro will have 5 points like Liverpool and Torque to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Nacional will have 8 points like Wanderers, Defensor Sporting, Deportivo Maldonado and Cerro Largo to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Cerro will host Racing on the 12th of May with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of Cerro (5 draws).
Nacional will host Torque on the 12th of May with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Nacional (1 draw).
Cerro – Formation
Cerro started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luis Danielo Núñez Maciel decided to play with the following team: Darío Denis, Alan Garcia, Pablo Lacoste, Nicolas Cabral, Ramiro Fernandez, Hamilton Pereira, Lucas Rodríguez, Mathias Abero, Nahuel Acosta, Joel Martinez Alvarez and Cristhian Tizon.
The home team had on the bench: Gabriel Araújo, Maximiliano Rao, Andrés Lamas, Roberto Brum, Matías Cabrera, Mateo Nicolas Suarez, Jairo Coronel, Enzo Nicolas Lemos Paniagua, Danilo Cóccaro and Luca Franco.
Substitutions
Cerro made 3 changes: H. Pereira for Matías Cabrera (75′), Cristhian Tizón Correa for Mateo Suárez Álves (89′) and Nahuel Acosta Da Silva for Erardo Cóccaro Díaz (90′).
Nacional – Formation
Nacional started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ricardo Alberto Zielinski played with: Sergio Rochet, Lucas Morales, Fabián Noguera, Daniel Bocanegra, Camilo Cándido, Gastón Pereiro, Diego Rodríguez, Diego Zabala, Franco Fagúndez, Alfonso Trezza and Juan Ignacio Ramírez.
They had on the bench: Salvador Ichazo, Maximiliano Perg, Marcos Montiel, Diego Polenta, Christian Almeida, Leandro Lozano, Santiago Cartagena, Manuel Monzeglio, Renzo Sánchez and Emanuel Gigliotti.
Substitutions
Nacional made 3 changes: D. Zabala for Emanuel Gigliotti (61′), A. Trezza for Renzo Sánchez Veiga (73′) and R. Sánchez for Marcos Montiel González (79′).
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