In ‘historic premiere’, improvement of Montevideo City Torque in the second half ‘was not enough’ to beat Barcelona SC

In a “historic premiere”, Montevideo City Torque managed to equal one goal against Barcelona Sporting Club for the first phase of the Copa Libertadores de América 2022. Showing a domain of the ball, the Uruguayan cast, that although in the first half their passing lines were blocked by the bullfighter’s approach, in the second stage they achieved the depth that allowed them to find ways to score the tie. The Ecuadorians had gone ahead after six minutes after a counterattack initiated by Souza and Castillo that ended in a goal by Mastriani.

Newspaper The Observer of Uruguay, in its sports section called Referee, analyzed that for this game the Charrúas could not count on their reinforcements since they tested positive for COVID-19.

“The reinforcements that arrived all tested positive for COVID-19 in the exhaustive controls carried out by the club since the start of the year,” the media outlet said.

City Torque could only count on Tiago Palacios, who arrived from Platense, from Argentina. While Matías Santos, Nahual Fagián, Mathías Suárez, Lucas Morales and Gervasio Olivera could not be included on the payroll as they were infected.

On the other hand, goalkeeper Gastón Guruceaga was suspended in the 2021 South American Cup and Juan Francisco Tinaglini saved instead.

“City Torque worked the match to achieve a tie. (Román) Cuello’s team made their local status felt by taking possession throughout the match, but they also suffered from pretense to beat the rival”, analyzed the newspaper.

Ovationdaily sports section The countryasserted that City Torque “improved in the second half, but it was not enough to win it.”

“They were two very different times, because in the first the citizens They were uncomfortable with the procedure, the pressure from Barcelona and the ineffectiveness of the passes, but in the complement those led by Roman Neck they gained meters, they positioned themselves better, they were sharper and they gave a greater value to the possession that they had already had in the first period,” said the newspaper, which in turn highlighted the presence of Leonai Souza in the yellows, “one of the the figures of Plaza Colonia last year”.

“CityTorque It was deeper in the second 45′ and with the passing of the minutes it was complicating Barcelona, ​​who dedicated themselves to defending the advantage they had. Until at 63 ‘, after a center by Agustín Peña, Jose Alvarez (who is playing as a winger this season due to the departure of Andrew Teuten) took a cross shot that seems to barely deflect it Joaquin Zeballos through the center of the area. They both shouted it and the whole citizen world shouted it, “he concluded. Ovation. (D)