The friendly ended 2-2 in regulation time and the coalmen won 4-3 on penalties
Laquintana signed two goals in the first 11 minutes, but Gigliotti and Menosse, through an own goal, equalized the score
Penarol got over this monday 4-3 in a penalty shootout against Nacional in the first classic uruguayan soccer of 2023, which ended tied 2-2 in the ninety minutes, within the framework of the series of friendly matches Río de la Plata that takes place in Uruguay until next January 27. The coal goalkeeper, Thiago Cardozo, managed to stop one of the tricolor team’s shots, shot by Gastón Pereiro, while Franco Fagúndez was also unsuccessful in his attempt to score from eleven meters so that Peñarol would win the Venancio Ramos Cup.
The action began just after nine minutes when Sebastián Rodríguez enabled Ignacio Laquintana who defined forcefully to put Peñarol with the partial advantage. And barely two minutes were enough for laquintana hit a superb header inside the area after an impeccable pass from Valentín Rodríguez with which he signed his double in the Uruguayan classic.
Nacional did not lower his arms and in minute 16 the Argentine Emmanuel Gigliotti he overcame the aurinegra defense after a cross from Franco Fagúndez to score the discount for the tricolors. During the following minutes, Nacional’s advantage was clear in the search for variants that allowed them to generate several scoring chances. And in the 36th minute, after a Franco Fagundez corner kick bounced off the crossbar, luck was not on Peñarol’s side and Hernan Menosse scored a goal in own goal to put the 2-2 in the light.
The second half started with both teams devoted to the attack in which the tricolor team managed to generate a couple of scoring chances that managed to neutralize the aurinegros. However, and despite the search for variants of charcoal and tricolors, the second half came to an end without both squads managing to cross the nets to achieve victory. Thus, the game had to be defined from eleven meters, in which Peñarol won 4-3 and the aurinegro goalkeeper Thiago Cardozo saved one of the two shots missed by Nacional to win the first clásico of the year. Ruben Bentacurt failed for Peñarol, although that did not deprive his team of victory.
