the uruguayan sports maldonado and the brazilian Strength equaled 0-0 this Thursday in the match that faced them for the second phase of the Libertadores Cups.
Located a few kilometers from the center of the city of Punta del Este, the epicenter of social activity in the summer of the South American country, the Domingo Burgueño Miguel campus was in charge of welcoming this match and the thousands of fans who accompanied the the teams.
On the field, Deportivo Maldonado took over the first part with a great performance by Eduardo Darias and the Argentine Hernán Toledo, who put together a good partnership on the left side and became a headache for the full-back Tinga.
In fact, the number 2 and captain of the visiting team was the only player who saw the yellow card in the first part of the match.
In attack, despite the few dangerous situations that existed, the clearest was generated by Toledo, who overcame goalkeeper Fernando Miguel’s resistance after 22 minutes after a play with many rebounds.
However, after the shouts of the fans and the celebration of the players, the referee annulled the goal at the request of the VAR due to an advanced position of the Argentine Claudio Paul Spinelli.
In the second part, Fortaleza launched the attack and was in charge of driving his rival back several meters.
The Argentine Tomás Pochettino and the attacker Romarinho were two of those in charge of getting their team closer to the goal defended by Guillermo Reyes.
A free kick taken by the former River Plate midfielder and a good play by Hércules on the right that Guillermo Cotuño subtracted near the line after Thiago Galhardo could not push it were the clearest of the Brazilians.
Despite this, and as had happened the day before in the game that Boston River, also from Uruguay, played in Montevideo against the Argentine Huracán, the problems at the time of defining marked a game that ended in zero and that will make the series end. define in seconds 90 minutes.
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