Peñarol, Nacional, Deportivo Maldonado, Fénix, Montevideo Wanderers, Boston River and Cerro Largo won their first match
The only tie of the weekend was the 1-1 between Danubio and Montevideo City Torque
seven teamsamong which stand out the historic rivals Penarol and Nationalgo in front after playing the first day of the Uruguayan Soccer Opening Tournament, who had their last two games this Sunday. The meetings Cologne Square-Deportivo Maldonado and Defensor Sporting-Fénix closed this Sunday the initial date in an Apertura Tournament in which the current champion, Nacional, was tied with the aurinegro team, which does have its goal undefeated at the moment.
He sports maldonado debuted with a win 1-0 in the afternoon, while at the last minute at the Luis Franzini Stadium the forward of the Defender Sporting Adrián Balboa scored a penalty that was not enough to reverse the victory of Phoenix by 3-1, with a great goal from a free kick at 82 minutes into the second half. Alfredo Arias’ men defeated Hill by 2-0 on Saturday, when Matías Arezo, on loan from the Spanish Granada, and Carlos ‘Pato’ Sánchez scored the goals that gave the aurinegro team their first three points in the Apertura table.
The tricolor, meanwhile, defeated the Liverpool by 2-1 with a first goal from a penalty scored by striker Emmanuel Gigliotti and a second goal scored by midfielder Marcos Montiel, who was sent off for a double warning at the end of the second half.
Those who also added three points were the Montevideo Wanderershe boston river and the long hill. Danube and Montevideo City Torque they signed the only tie of the date, with a bit on the side.
Sixteen teams are looking for glory in a new edition of the Uruguayan Opening Soccer Tournament, with the champion, Nacional, much renewed to compensate for the departure of Luis Suárez and Peñarol urged to improve a last season from which it went blank. After the departure of the ‘Pistolero’, the tricolor team got down to work and got the Argentine coach Ricardo Zielinsky, from Estudiantes de La Plata, and players like the Uruguayans Diego Polenta and Gastón Pereiro or the Colombian Daniel Bocanegra, among a dozen of movements. The directors of Peñarol, meanwhile, proposed to reverse the performance of the previous season with the replacement of the coaching staff, now headed by the Uruguayan Alfredo Arias, and the incorporation of players such as former members of the Uruguayan team Abel Hernández, Diego Rolan, Gaston Ramirez and Carlos Sanchez. The Uruguayan Matías Arezo, on loan from the Spanish Granada, Sebastián Rodríguez, Lucas Hernández and the Brazilian Leonardo Coelho also joined the ‘carbonero’ group.
