MONTEVIDEO. Nacional overcame River Plate to win 2-1. A goal from J. Lavega was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Nacional to strike first with a goal of Mateo Antoni at the 83′. Then Gonzalo Carneiro scored again for Nacional in the 87′ minute. Eventually, Joaquín Lavega reduced the distance for River Plate (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Estadio Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 9 Total 6
- 2 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 143 Attack 108
- 102 Dangerous attack 37
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nacional was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. River Plate that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nacional had a more offensive attitude with 102 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nacional won the match.
Nacional shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, River Plate shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Nacional received 3 yellow cards (Gonzalo Carneiro, Gonzalo Carneiro and Diego Polenta). On the opposite side, River Plate received 2 yellow cards (Joaquín Lavega and Tiago Galletto).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Nacional has 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, River Plate stays with 0 points (14th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Nacional will host Deportivo Maldonado on the 23rd of October with a 4-4 head to head record.
Nacional – Formation
Nacional
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Nacional started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero decided to play with the following team: Luis Mejía, Rafael Haller, Juan Izquierdo, Diego Polenta, Gabriel Báez, Galeano, L. Sanabria, Gastón González, Mauricio Pereyra, Gonzalo Carneiro and Rubén Bentancourt.
The home team had on the bench: Franco Gastón Romero Ponte, Mateo Antoni, Alexis Castro, Francisco Ginella, Jeremia Recoba, Renzo Sánchez, Diego Zabala, Ignacio Nahuel Suárez Ferreira, Osinachi Ebere, Rodrigo Chagas and Jeremía Alexandre Recoba Perrone.
Substitutions
Nacional made 5 changes: Galeano for Renzo Sánchez (74′), Gastón González for Osinachi Ebere (61′), Diego Polenta for Mateo Antoni (61′), Rubén Bentancourt for Diego Zabala (82′) and Mauricio Pereyra for Jeremía Alexandre Recoba Perrone (82′).
River Plate – Formation
River Plate
River Plate started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ignacio Ithurralde Sáez played with: Yonatan Irrazábal, Norman Exzequiel Rodríguez Olivera, Horacio Salaberry, Christian Almeida, Ramiro Fernandez, Tiago Galletto, Jonathan Barboza, Julio Báez, Agustín Bernardo Vera Flores, Juan Cruz De los Santos and Tiziano Correa.
They had on the bench: Facundo Damián Pérez Medina, Nicolas Campos, Joaquín Lavega, Ramiro Cristobal, Augusto Sebastián Scarone Segovia, Jose Valentin Amoroso Guerra, Santiago Diaz, Fabrizio Correa, Gervásio Olivera, Santiago Corbo and Nicolás Nahuel Campos Mieres.
Substitutions
River Plate made 5 changes: Agustín Bernardo Vera Flores for Santiago Corbo (71′), Tiziano Correa for Santiago Diaz (71′), Tiago Galletto for Ramiro Cristobal (76′), Ramiro Fernandez for Gervásio Olivera (76′) and Juan Cruz De los Santos for Joaquín Lavega (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Nacional – River Plate – 2-1
