Penarol conquered this Sunday the Uruguayan Championship after winning the Clausura Tournament and closing a spectacular season in which they also dominated the Apertura Tournament and the accumulated Annual Table. Diego Aguirre’s men won 3-1 against Phoenix with another great game from Leonardo Fernández, who scored his eighth free kick goal of the year and became the top scorer in 2024 with 14. Eduardo Darias and Guillermo Pereira in their own goal completed the Aurinegro exhibition.
With this title, Peñarol took revenge for what happened last year when they lost the final with Liverpool, while Aguirre wrote a new page in the history of the club he loves. Champion as a player of the 1987 Copa Libertadores in which he was the great hero of the final, he won his third Uruguayan Championship this Sunday after those achieved in 2003 and 2009-2010.
Leonardo Fernández (Peñarol) disputes a ball with Mauro Cachi and Breno Caetano
Also this Sunday, Nacional beat Boston River 3-1 after coming back in the end with goals from Diego Zabala, Gonzalo Petit and Nicolás López. Tricolor finished second and will seek to close the year with a smile in the final of the AUF Uruguay Cup, in which they will face Defensor Sporting.
In other matches of the day, Racing defeated River Plate 2-0, Liverpool beat Cerro 1-3 and Rampla Juniors drew 1-1 with Montevideo Wanderers. In addition, Miramar Misiones and Defensor Sporting tied 0-0 in one of the matches of a day that will come to an end this Monday with the Deportivo Maldonado-Danubio match.
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At the end of the season, Peñarol, Nacional, Boston River and Defensor Sporting qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores, while Cerro Largo, Danubio, Racing and Montevideo Wanderers will play in the Sudamericana. Deportivo Maldonado, Fénix and Rampla Juniors lost the category and next year they will play in the Second Professional Division. Contrary to this, Plaza Colonia and Montevideo City Torque rose, while four other teams are still fighting for third promotion.
