MONTEVIDEO. Nacional and Defensor Sporting draw 1-1. A. Trezza scored the first goal (35′) for Nacional. F. Elizari made it even (46′). Nacional was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Estadio Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Cunha assisted by Nicolás Taran and Agustín Berisso. The 4th official was Daniel Rodríguez. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 11 Total 7
- 4 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 110 Attack 82
- 61 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Ball possession
Nacional had a strong ball possession 61% while Defensor Sporting was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nacional was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Nacional to win the match.
Nacional shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Defensor Sporting shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Nacional received 3 yellow cards (Y. Rodriguez, M. Laborda and C. Candido). On the opposite side, Defensor Sporting received 5 yellow cards (A. Balboa, G. Camargo, N. Rossi, G. Freitas and A. Duarte).
Also, Defensor Sporting didn’t finish the match with 11 players after G. Camargo (Defensor Sporting) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (88′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Nacional will have 28 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Defensor Sporting will have 20 points to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Nacional will host Danubio on the 29th of October with a 23-16 head to head statistic in favor of Nacional (2 draws).
Defensor Sporting will host Rentistas on the 29th of October with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Defensor Sporting (5 draws).
Nacional – Formation
Nacional
72'
82'
35'
The manager Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino decided to play with the following team: Sergio Rochet, José Luis Rodríguez, Mathías Laborda, Léo Coelho, Leandro Lozano, Camilo Cándido, Yonathan Rodríguez, Felipe Carballo, Alfonso Trezza, Franco Fagúndez and Luis Suárez.
The home team had on the bench: Martín Rodríguez, Juan Izquierdo, Christian Almeida, Francisco Ginella, Joaquín Trasante, Manuel Monzeglio, Diego Zabala, Santiago Ramírez, Juan Ignacio Ramírez and Emanuel Gigliotti.
Substitutions
Nacional made 3 changes: F. Fagundez for D. Zabala (72′), C. Candido for E. Gigliotti (82′) and Y. Rodriguez for F. Ginella (86′).
Defensor Sporting – Formation
Defensor Sporting
88'
Marcelo Fabián Méndez Russo played with: Nicolás Rossi, Agustin Sant’Anna, Facundo Mallo, Alan Matturro, Gonzalo Camargo, Gonzalo Freitas, Lucas Paul De los Santos, Fernando Elizari, Agustín Ocampo, Matias Abaldo and Adrián Balboa.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Matías Dufour, Lucas Rodríguez, Juan Sebastian Boselli, Matías Rocha, Renzo Rabino, Yefferson Quintana, Francisco Barrios, Andrés Ferrari, Anderson Duarte and Alvaro Navarro.
Substitutions
Defensor Sporting made 4 changes: M. Abaldo for A. Ferrari (60′), F. Elizari for A. Duarte (86′), A. Ocampo for F. Barrios (86′) and A. Balboa for A. Quintana (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Rentistas – River Plate – 0-5
- Danubio – Fénix – 1-1
- Nacional – Defensor Sporting – 1-1
