Primera Division: Plaza Colonia overcomes Defensor Sporting 2-1

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MONTEVIDEO. Plaza Colonia defeated Defensor Sporting to win 2-1.

MONTEVIDEO. Plaza Colonia overcome Defensor Sporting to win 2-1. It was Plaza Colonia to strike first with a goal of R. Quintana at the 11′. Then it was a penalty in the 43′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Mederos gave the win to Plaza Colonia in the 57′ minute with a goal. Defensor Sporting lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

Plaza Colonia remained in 10 people after F. Kidd received a double yellow card in the 87′.

The match was played at the Estadio Luis Franzini stadium in Montevideo on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold around 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.32 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 93%.​

Match Statistics

Defensor Sporting was in firm control of the ball 56% while Plaza Colonia was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Defensor Sporting was more aggressive with 117 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. Anyhow, Plaza Colonia succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Defensor Sporting shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Plaza Colonia shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Defensor Sporting received 2 yellow cards (M. Rocha and R. Rabino). On the other side, Plaza Colonia received 5 yellow cards (A. Heredia, F. Kidd, A. Perez, E. Silveira and E. Greising).

Also, Plaza Colonia didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after F. Kidd (Plaza Colonia) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (87′).

After playing this encounter, Defensor Sporting will stay with 20 points to stay in the 10th place. On the other side, Plaza Colonia will have 13 points like Torque to stay in the 12th place.

Match Events

  • 11'
    11'

    R. Quintana

  • 12'
    12'

    A. Heredia

  • 13'
    13'

    M. Rocha

  • 26'
    26'

    F. Kidd

  • 42'
    42'

    A. Perez

  • 42'
    42'

    E. Silveira

  • 43'
    43'

    A. Balboa (Penalty)

  • 50'
    50'

    E. Greising

  • 57'
    57'

    S. Mederos

  • 60'
    60'

    F. Barrandeguy

    E. Greising

  • 60'
    60'

    E. Redin

    M. Jourdan

  • 71'
    71'

    A. Navarro

    A. Balboa

  • 71'
    71'

    F. Elizari

    F. Barrios

  • 71'
    71'

    J. Valiente

    F. Bernal

  • 73'
    73'

    R. Rabino

  • 78'
    78'

    A. Fernandez

    J. Ayala

  • 86'
    86'

    M. Abaldo

    R. Rabino

  • 87'
    87'

    F. Kidd

  • 89'
    89'

    N. Dibble

    R. Quintana

  • 89'
    89'

    E. F. Rodriguez Garcia

    L. Suhr

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Defensor Sporting: Formation and Lineups

Defensor Sporting started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Marcelo Fabián Méndez Russo chose to play with the following team: Nicolás Rossi, Emiliano Álvarez, Alan Matturro, Matías Rocha, Renzo Rabino, Francisco Barrios, Facundo Bernal, Lucas Paul De los Santos, Facundo Labandeira, Adrián Balboa and Andrés Ferrari.

Substitutes

Defensor Sporting made 4 changes: A. Balboa for A. Navarro (71′), F. Barrios for F. Elizari (71′), F. Bernal for J. Valiente (71′) and R. Rabino for M. Abaldo (86′).

Plaza Colonia: Formation and Lineups

Plaza Colonia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the other side, Eduardo Fabián Espinel Porley played with: Nicolás Guirín, Emilio Zeballos, Martín Jourdan, Ezequiel Silveira, Facundo Kidd Álvarez, Santiago Mederos, José Agustin Peréz, Jorge Nicolás Ayala, Edhard Greising, Leandro Suhr and Ramiro Quintana.

Substitutes

Plaza Colonia made 5 changes: E. Greising for F. Barrandeguy (60′), M. Jourdan for E. Redin (60′), J. Ayala for A. Fernandez (78′), R. Quintana for N. Dibble (89′) and L. Suhr for E. F. Rodriguez Garcia (89′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primera Division

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