Nacional drew 1 to 1 against Boston River in a game with few emotions at Parque Artigas de las Piedras, on Saturday afternoon for the Apertura Tournament.
A few minutes before the start, Nacional makes a good play that begins Gonzalo Bergessio leaving only his compatriot Leandro Fernández, who did not define in a good way, since the ball ended up hitting the net, but from the outside.
At 20 ‘the green-red team began to dominate the middle of the field, leaving the tricolor midfielders without the option of playing free. In that minute the first arrival appears with a center that crosses the entire area and rejects the tricolor defender Nicolas Marichal in a good way.
Until 30 ‘the game was very flat, only two arrivals, and the procedure that the tailor wanted was given, the albos could not overflow through the bands to exploit the capacity of their two scorers.
The last of the first half was played by the team led by Juan Tejera, with a great shot at the near post by Facundo Labandeira, which without many complications the tricolor goalkeeper Martin Rodríguez, cleared it at the corner kick.
End of the first half, it was played at the rhythm imposed by Boston, constantly pressuring the players distributed by Facundo Píriz and Gabriel Neves, making it impossible to connect between them and the forwards of Albo, a very intelligent approach by the rojiverde DT.
At the beginning of the second half, Capuccio’s team hit first, since at 49 ‘they scored the goal, after a great play by Bergessio, who fought and enabled his compatriot Leandro Fernández, who took advantage of the defender’s blunder of the tailor set, to face the goalkeeper, dribble it and raise the center, so that the tricolor scorer defines with the free goal.
Only 12 minutes later, those led by Tejera react and have the first wound of the second half, with a cross shot from Martin Rodríguez that went far from the left post.
Boston’s best moments come from 60 ‘onwards, since at 66 minutes Facundo Rodríguez finished off causing a great reaction from the tricolor goalkeeper Martin Rodríguez who sent her to the corner kick. And then there is the goal of the green-haired man, who after the center and a first header from Rodrigo Bentancourt, only the aforementioned footballer remains, who connects with his head and decrees the tie.
Subsequently, Andrés D’Alessandro, who entered the second half in a good way, enabled his compatriot Leandro Fernández, who sent a low center that was largely cleared by the tailor’s defender.
At 80 minutes of play, again an error in the tricolor defense, after a new corner kick, Boston won twice in the area, culminating with a Chilean from Agustín Nadruz that went over the crossbar.
The last of the game were for those led by Capuccio, since, in the time of addition, Maximiliano Cantera beat his marker and was facing the goal without knowing how to define, and ended up wasting a very clear chance, sending the ball to goal kick. In minute 94 Nacional requested a penalty on Bergessio that was not sanctioned by referee Daniel Rodríguez.
With this tie, the tricolor reached 13 points, and shared the lead with River Plate and Plaza Colonia. While Boston River remains at the bottom of the table with 2 units.
