Defensor left points again and equalized with Deportivo Maldonado at the Franzini

Defensor Sporting and Deportivo Maldonado drew 1-1 at the Franzini on date 12 of the Apertura, a duel with a deserved and not very attractive result.

The game began with low intensity and two teams that tried to consolidate lines on the pitch and then seek to project themselves in front, something that was seen in the first 10′.

There the first place arose, when a pass from Navarro ended in a shot from Lucas Agazzi in a good position but that went very high.

The truth is that it was an isolated action from a match where the ball was handled by the visit but without reaching depth to bother the opposing defense, while Méndez’s men did not get options to be clear in attack either.

Just after 35′ there was an action that broke the monotony when a shot from Claudio Spinelli forced a good save from Dufour to take a corner.

The little participation of Elizari and Balboa was something that the Parque Rodó team suffered too much, which at 41′ would suffer a major setback.

An overflow from the left by Diego Romero ended in a cross that Dufour, rushing out, failed to clear, hit Guillermo De Los Santos and entered gently for the 1-0 visit.

A minimal difference with which they went to rest and that showed a result in favor of which was a little more in those 45′.

The tie

The complement seemed to have the same tonic as the above in its start, with the rojiverdes maintaining possession and the violets wanting to get closer with the few resources that were active, like a mid-distance shot from Santiago Scotto that Reyes took on a rebound.

But the equalizer came almost without deserving it, with a cross into the area that landed in the hand of Ángel Cayetano, the VAR confirmed the penalty and Álvaro Navarro was in charge of converting it at 56′.

A bit that gave a boost to the local that began to take shape with another presence, opening the field and wanting to go for more.

Just after 65′ an answer appeared with Eduardo Darias who sent himself from the left to the center with a pure drive and finished off crosswise, a ball that hit the post.

Changes in both to refresh the eleven on the field and face the final fifteen minutes of a duel that was once again lowering its intensity.

A shot from González first and another from Cotugno later, both blocked by Dufour, were approaches in a duel that seemed doomed to a draw.

Tejera’s whistle made it 1-1, with which Defensor left units for the second game in a row in his aspiration to go for the Apertura, while Maldonado’s men added again.