Colo Colo won this Wednesday in a friendly match against Penarol 4-3 after an incredible penalty shootout in which the two teams took 18 shots and missed 11. Framed in the Río de la Plata Series, the game played at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo ended tied at one, thanks to the goals of Víctor Felipe Méndez for the Chileans in the 42nd minute and Facundo Batista for the Uruguayans in the 93rd minute.
The final equality took the game to penalties, where goalkeeper Washington Aguerre was a figure, but could not prevent the defeat of the eleven led by Diego Aguirre. On the Colo Colo side, only Tomás Alarcón, Claudio Aquino, Jeyson Rojas and Diego Ulloa scored. The shots of Esteban Pavez, Francisco Marchant, Joaquín Sosa and Cristian Zavala were stopped by the Aurinegro goalkeeper, while Yastin Cuevas threw it out.
Washington Aguerre, from Peñarol, saves a penalty
In Peñarol, Eric Remedi, Andrés Madruga and Kevin Rodríguez were the only ones who broke the resistance of goalkeeper Gabriel Maureira. Leonardo Fernández and Facundo Batista’s shots crashed against the post, Stiven Mülhetaler’s was stopped by the rival goalkeeper and Jesús Trindade, Matías González, Kevin Rodríguez and Lucas Ferreira’s shots went over the horizontal post.
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In this way, Colo Colo closed a Río de la Plata Series in a good way in which they beat Olimpia on penalties and then lost to Alianza Lima 3-2. On January 31, the team led by Fernando Ortiz will debut in the Chilean Championship. Meanwhile, the Uruguayan team will play again this Friday, when it faces Boston River in the semifinals of the AUF League Cup, a friendly competition that began with the 16 teams that will play in the 2026 Uruguayan Championship.
