MONTEVIDEO. Nacional and Plaza Colonia didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Nacional was much better in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Estadio Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.09 degrees Celsius or 53.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 4 Total 1
- 0 On Target 0
- 4 Off Target 1
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 136 Attack 84
- 105 Dangerous attack 45
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 16
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Ball possession
Nacional was in firm control of the ball 67% while Plaza Colonia was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nacional was more pushing with 105 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 0 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Nacional to win the match.
Nacional shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Plaza Colonia shot 1 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Nacional received 4 yellow cards (Jorge Nicolás Ayala, Diego Rodríguez, Diego Polenta and Gabriel Báez). On the opposite side, Plaza Colonia received 5 yellow cards (Luciano Ezequiel Inverso Esnal, Santiago Paiva, Edhard Greising, Osinachi Ebere and Jorge Nicolás Ayala).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Nacional will have 3 points like Wanderers to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Plaza Colonia will have 2 points like Deportivo Maldonado and Cerro Largo to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Nacional will play away against Racing on the 15th of September with a 20-2 head to head record in favor of Nacional (5 draws).
Plaza Colonia will host Danubio on the 15th of September with a 3-3 head to head.
Nacional – Formation
Nacional
43'
77'
Nacional started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Álvaro Gutiérrez Felscher decided to play with the following team: Salvador Ichazo, Leandro Lozano, Daniel Bocanegra, Diego Polenta, Gabriel Báez, Thiago Helguera, Diego Rodríguez, Galeano, Diego Zabala, Gonzalo Castro and Juan Ignacio Ramírez.
The home team had on the bench: Federico Martínez, José Alberti, Emanuel Gigliotti, Christian Almeida, Marcos Montiel, Manuel Monzeglio, Ignacio Nahuel Suárez Ferreira, Lucas Nahuel Morales Burruzo, Bruno Damiani and Luciano Ezequiel Inverso Esnal.
Substitutions
Nacional made 4 changes: Gonzalo Castro for Bruno Damiani (57′), Thiago Helguera for Luciano Ezequiel Inverso Esnal (77′), Juan Ignacio Ramírez for Emanuel Gigliotti (66′) and Galeano for Federico Martínez (66′).
Plaza Colonia – Formation
Plaza Colonia
Plaza Colonia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Claudio Adrián Fernández Leal played with: Kevin Dawson, Ezequias Emanuel Redin, Jorge Nicolás Ayala, Haibrany Ruiz Diaz, Edhard Greising, Luciano Cosentino, Álvaro Brun, Nicolás Milesi, Nicolás Brun, Daniel Bahia and Santiago Paiva.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Joaquin Silva, José Agustin Peréz, Nathanael Guzmán, Bryan Olivera, Osinachi Ebere, Lucas Nicolás Carrizo Peombo, Diego Villalba, Nicolás Olivera, Alex Bruno and Yacouba Meité.
Substitutions
Plaza Colonia made 5 changes: Daniel Bahia for Osinachi Ebere (46′), Nicolás Brun for Nicolás Olivera (46′), Santiago Paiva for Lucas Nicolás Carrizo Peombo (70′), Nicolás Milesi for José Agustin Peréz (77′) and Luciano Cosentino for Nathanael Guzmán (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Deportivo Maldonado – Cerro – 2-1
- River Plate – Racing – 0-0
- Nacional – Plaza Colonia – 0-0
- Fénix – Liverpool – 1-0
