A 1-1 draw against Long Hill It was enough for the National will stay with the leadership of the Closing Tournament of Uruguayan football that allows them to take a point advantage over their closest rivals River Plate Y Sports Maldonado.
Despite the fact that the tricolor group did not have its two main figures on this day as Luis Suarez Y Serge Rochet for being summoned to the friendly matches of the national team, a goal from a penalty kick by the Argentine Emmanuel Gigliotti served to leave his team at the top of the table.
For him Long Hill the tying goal came from Emanuel Beltrán in a tie that allows them to take another step to escape from the relegation zone.
National remained the only leader of the accumulated Annual Table with 70 units.
For his part, the Penarol received another hard blow and fell at home 0-1 against Montevideo City Torque in a match in which Nicholas Palavecino he scored the only goal of the game to bury the coal team’s aspirations this season.
With this result, the aurinegro team will have to fight for a direct classification position to the Libertadores Cup in the Annual Table in which they are in the fifth square equaled with the boston river Y River Plate with 52 units.
The tenth round of Uruguayan football began last Friday with the match between Sports Maldonado and the Boston River that was in favor of the locals 2-1 with goals from Eduardo Darias and Marcelo Camarda to stay at the top of the table behind the National.
The other contender for the title, the River Platecould not during his visit to the house of the Danube where they fell 3-0 who with this victory got fully into the fight for the tournament with 20 points just three units behind the leader National.
In other results, Liverpool and Wanderers tied 1-1, Rentistas lost 0-1 to Plaza Colonia and Defensor Sporting beat Cerrito 1-2.
The day will end this Monday with the meetings between the Albion and Phoenix.
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