MELO. La Luz overcomes Cerro Largo 3-1. La Luz got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Anibal Hernández (23′) and Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina (63′). Cerro Largo tried to recover with a goal from Mauro Brasil (73′). However, the match was closed by a penalty (87′) scored by Diego González for La Luz. Cerro Largo was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%).​

La Luz remained in players after Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina received a red card in the 90′.

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla stadium in Melo on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.63 degrees Celsius or 61.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cerro Largo was in firm control of the ball 70% while La Luz was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cerro Largo was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, La Luz found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Cerro Largo shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, La Luz shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Cerro Largo received 3 yellow cards (Tomer Haran, Diego González and Hamilton Pereira). On the other side, La Luz received 6 yellow cards (Richard Martín González Lamas, Juan Román Pucheta, Anibal Hernández, Martin Alaniz, Pablo Porcile and Juan Ignacio Quintana Silva).

(Cerro Largo) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Also, La Luz didn’t end the match with 11 players after Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina (La Luz) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After this contest, Cerro Largo will stay with 6 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, La Luz will have 18 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primera Division, Cerro Largo will play away with Defensor Sporting on the 21st of October with a 11-3 head to head statistic in favor of Defensor Sporting (4 draws).

La Luz will host Plaza Colonia on the 22nd of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Cerro Largo – Formation

Cerro Largo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager José Ignacio Batlle Ordoñez De Los Campos decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Agustín Villar Vidal, Tomer Haran, Tiago Galletto, Mauro Brasil, Lucas Leonel Correa Sebben, Nahuel Furtado, Santiago Viera, Adolfo Justino Lima Camejo, Renzo Rabino, Martin Alaniz, Emiliano Villar and Facundo Da Costa.

The home team had on the bench: Brian Ferrares, Rafael García, Alfonso de Luca Ibargoyen, Hamilton Pereira, Facundo Martín Palavecino, Joaquín Fernández Benítez, Matias Mir, Matheus Brandão and Facundo Mariano Núñez Techera.

Substitutions

Cerro Largo made 4 changes: Adolfo Justino Lima Camejo for Joaquín Fernández Benítez (66′), Facundo Da Costa for Alfonso de Luca Ibargoyen (71′), Santiago Viera for Hamilton Pereira (71′) and Emiliano Agustín Villar Vidal for Facundo Mariano Núñez Techera (71′).

La Luz – Formation

La Luz started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Marcelo Sebastián Russo López played with: Fabrizio Correa, Guillermo Padula, Marcos Andrés Paolini Banchero, Rodrigo Viera, Pablo Porcile, Enzo Castillo, Anibal Hernández, Juan Ignacio Quintana Silva, Luis Machado.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Diego Gonzalez, Francisco Martirena García, Juan Boselli, Enzo Nicolas Lemos Paniagua, Martín Rabuñal, Pablo Fagúndez, Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina and Jonathan Ramis.

Substitutions

La Luz made 5 changes: Anibal Hernández for Facundo Agustín Barreto Medina (62′), Juan Román Pucheta for Diego González (62′), Guillermo Padula for Francisco Martirena García (86′), Luis Machado for Martín Rabuñal (80′) and Rodrigo Viera for Pablo Fagúndez (86′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.​

• Torque – Peñarol – 2-3
• Liverpool – Defensor Sporting – 2-0
• Cerro Largo – La Luz – 1-3
• Plaza Colonia – Wanderers – 1-0