Peñarol equaled one goal at home at the Champion of the Century stadium against Danubio, in a game with poor technical performance by the “Aurinegro” who did not find the way to victory, despite the fact that the “Franjeado” team played with one footballer less in the last 20 minutes. Peñarol’s next match is the classic against Nacional.
The first time was for Danubio. The “Mirasol” defense made water in all the positions and the exit from the goal towards the fringed area was bad. Added to this is the performance of the midfield, which lost several balls.
Although the first clear play was by Peñarol, a shot on goal by Lozano that was saved by “Coco” Conde, at 14 minutes Sebastián “Papelito” Fernández finished off a ball with his head and forced the save by the young Thiago Cardozo. Almost ten minutes later, the shot was by Aaron Spetale.
And at 31 minutes, Guillermo May opens the scoring for the team from Jardines del Hipódromo. Penarol 0, Danube 1.
The first victim of the changes made by coach Mirasol, Leonardo Ramos, was the team captain: Walter Gargano, who watched the rest of the game on the substitute bench. In his place entered Nicolás Milesi. Lucas Viatri also entered for the youthful Nicolás Rossi.
Only pushing, Matías Aguirregaray centered a ball headed by Brian Lozano and a goal by Peñarol.
The expulsion of Diego Vicente for a double yellow card, in the 70th minute, gave Mirasol the hope that the football display denied them. Even so, he did not reach the second goal, even after a well-executed free kick from Lozano that Conde deflected.
With no chance in the Annual Table, far from the Closing Tournament, Peñarol faces a fundamental week to try the last goal of the year: win the classic in the World Cup Gran Parque Central against Luis Suárez’s Nacional. It will be on Sunday, September 4 at 3:30 p.m.
