Defensor Sporting and Peñarol drew 2-2 at the Luis Franzini stadium

Defensor Sporting and Peñarol tied at the Luis Franzini stadium for the fourth date of the 2023 Apertura Tournament. With this result, Violeta reached 5 points, while Aurinegro, who remains undefeated, continues as the leader, but with 10 points.

At the beginning of the game, Sebastián Cristóforo fought for the ball in the middle of the field and it was left deep by Abel Hernández, who scored it just as Sebastián Boselli closed, but then it went long for the striker. Adrián Balboa responded after 7 minutes, engaging Matías Aguirregaray inside the box and shot at the far post, but it went too high.

Then, at minute 11, Matías Abaldo controlled the ball on the edge of the area and placed a great deep pass to Balboa, who beat his marker and finished past Thiago Cardozo when he tried to go out and break to open the goal. marker.

Defensor Sporting continued to play better and at 18′ created another dangerous chance. Abaldo received open to the right, faced Valentín Rodríguez and shot, but Cardozo sent the ball to the corner kick. At 21′ Ignacio Laquintana yielded to the croissant for Hernández, who settled and finished off, but went over the crossbar.

Immediately, Sebastián Rodríguez executed a free kick that Hernández connected with a header practically in the six-yard box, but Nicolás Rossi stretched and took it to the corner. At the end of the first part, Violeta recovered the ball in midfield, Andrés Ferrari was enabled, entered the area and shot, but hit the side of the net. Until, at minute 41, Arezo deflected a bad clearance from the defense at the far post, the ball crashed into the post and then entered, thus setting the tie.

in agony

Peñarol started the second half better and after 52 minutes was close to winning with a long shot from Laquintana, but Rossi controlled the ball in the middle of the goal. At 55′, Balboa stole the ball from Aguirregaray, touched the middle for Fernando Elizari who finished off from the croissant, but Cardozo covered, giving a rebound that the Argentine captured again, but the shot from the edge of the small area was lost stuck to the stick

The next minute, Juan de Dios Pintado tried from a distance, but the auriengro goalkeeper flew and took the ball to the corner kick. Then, at 71′, Arezo received a very good filtered pass from Sebastián Rodríguez, but he was unable to finish off with force and Rossi caught the ball without problems.

Later, at 73′, Carlos Sánchez found Arezo deep, who hooked and finished off. The ball hit the post, bounced off Rossi and entered, becoming Peñarol’s advantage. At 75′, Balboa fell inside the area, the ball was left to Elizari and Cardozo quickly cut it down, avoiding a draw.

Nicolás Rodríguez took a free kick directly in the 83rd minute, but Cardozo caught it without problems despite being well aimed. Boselli recovered the ball in three quarters of the field at 90+1′ and tried from afar, but found Cardozo well off. Santiago Homenchenko had a shot from the edge of the area after a pass from Rodríguez, but Rossi kept the ball.

The closing of the game was crazy. After a throw-in, the ball hit Homenchenko’s hand, who tried to take it out, and Andrés Matonte, after reviewing the play in VAR, awarded a penalty. Álvaro Navarro, at 90+7′, changed it for a goal and closed the game.