However, Estudiantes stayed and after 18 minutes Ruben Bentancourt got discount, who appeared alone behind the entire defense, and he himself took the rebound that gave Mariano Andujar after his header, to reduce the difference taking advantage of the time of disorientation of Abel Balbo’s team.
On the next play, Peñarol equalized after 20 minutes thanks to a good and well-placed definition by Kevin Méndez, who won the position from Luciano Lollo on the edge of the area and ended up defining next to Mariano Andújar’s left post.
The story did not end there, and as if the draw were not enough, Peñarol turned the score around to go up 3-2. Another crossed cross, in this case from the right, made life difficult for the student defenders and Andújar, so much so that in his eagerness to clear, Leonardo Godoy ended up scoring against his goal.
In the complement they continued to attack with the same desire and impetus, but not with the clarity and lucidity of the first stage. This helped Peñarol, who maintained the difference to win over Estudiantes, who thus lost the first friendly match of the preseason.
SYNTHESIS
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Penarol (3): Thiago Cardozo; Peter Milans, Hernan Menosse, Jonathan Rak and Valentine Rodriguez; Sebastian Christopher, Rodrigo Saravia, Ignacio Laquintana and Kevin Mendez, Ruben Bentancourt and Nicolas Rossi. DT: Alfred Arias.
Students (2): Mariano Andújar, Leonardo Godoy, Luciano Lollo, Zaid Romero and Emmanuel Mas; Jorge Rodriguez; Benjamin Rollheiser, José Sosa and Pablo Piatti; Mauro Boselli and Mateo Pellegrino. DT: Abel Balbo.
Goals: PT: 5′ Mauro Boselli (Students), 7′ Mateo Pellegrino (Students), 18′ Ruben Bentancourt (Peñarol), Kevin Mendez (Peñarol) and 34′ Leonardo Godoy e/c (Peñarol).
Changes: ST: 13′ Fernando Zuqui and Mauro Mendez x Jose Sosa and Mateo Pellegrino, 17′ Franco Zapiola and Matías Godoy x Mauro Boselli and Pablo Piatti and 31′ Gonzalo Piñeiro x Jorge Rodriguez (Students).
Referee: Gustavo Tejera.
Estadio: Champion of the Century.
