Nacional steals a draw against River Plate

MONTEVIDEO. Nacional was able to capture a late draw against River Plate with a late goal from B. Ocampo.

April 18, 2022

MONTEVIDEO. Nacional was able to snatch a draw against River Plate with a late goal from B. Ocampo scored in the (90′) after River Plate got a lead with a goal from (12′). Nacional was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

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 rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 18 degrees Celsius or 64.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.

Match Statistics

Nacional

1 - 1

River Plate

59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

19 Total 7
5 On Target 3
14 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 0

113 Attack 81
74 Dangerous attack 42
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

14 Total 7
5 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 1

Ball possession

Nacional had a strong ball possession 59% while River Plate was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nacional was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Nacional to win the match.

Nacional shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, River Plate shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Nacional received 5 yellow cards (C. Candido, S. Rochet, F. Fagundez, Y. Rodriguez and L. Otormin). Talking about the opposition, River Plate received 5 yellow cards (M. Alfonso, M. Montiel, H. Salaberry, M. Pereira and G. Diaz).

C. Candido (Nacional) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (81′).

Also, River Plate didn’t finish the match with 11 players after H. Salaberry (River Plate) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (67′).

Match Timeline

Matías Alfonso- Yellow

42'

45'

Horacio Salaberry - Yellow

46'

49'

66'

Leandro Lozano- sub ->J. L. Rodriguez

66'

67'

Horacio Salaberry (yellowred)

71'

Tiago Galletto- sub ->M. Montiel

75'

77'

81'

82'

86'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Nacional will have 13 points like Wanderers, Danubio, Peñarol and Fénix to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, River Plate will have 15 points like Boston River to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Nacional – Formation

Nacional

Sergio Rochet 1.Uruguay

81'

José Luis Rodríguez 44.Uruguay

66'

N. Marichal 18.Uruguay

Léo Coelho 3.Brazil

77'

Camilo Cándido 6.Uruguay

81'

F. Carballo 20.Uruguay

Yonathan Rodríguez 5.Uruguay

86'

Á. Castro 23.Colombia

Diego Zabala 22.Uruguay

46'

Alfonso Trezza 19.Uruguay

46'

Emmanuel Gigliotti 9.Argentina

66'

Substitutes

Martín Rodríguez 12.Uruguay

Mathías Laborda 2.Uruguay

Leandro Lozano 16.Uruguay

66'

Manuel Monzeglio 24.Uruguay

Brian Ocampo 7.Uruguay

46'

90'

Diego Rodríguez 15.Uruguay

Joaquín Trasante Hernández 14.Uruguay

Franco Fagúndez 32.Uruguay

46'

82'

Leandro Otormín 10.Uruguay

77'

90'

Ignacio Ramírez 11.Uruguay

66'

Nacional started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Nacional made 5 changes: A. Trezza for F. Fagundez (46′), D. Zabala for B. Ocampo (46′), E. Gigliotti for I. Ramirez (66′), J. L. Rodriguez for L. Lozano (66′) and Leo Coelho for L. Otormin (77′).