Peñarol achieved a crushing victory against Danubio at the Jardines del Hipódromo Stadium on Date 8 of the Clausura 2024 Tournament and added three gold points in the fight for the title.
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The game had a slow start, with two announced teams struggling to find fluency and handling the ball, resulting in almost no dangerous goals coming in. The local team, with Tizón worried Milans from time to time, with Carbonero generating some offensive drama when Leo Fernández was late looking for the ball to start attacking actions.
If the first half was boring, things changed a lot in the second half, as the game grew in intensity, arrival and drama. Sequeira, who had just come on, finished off Milans cross and caused a great save from Mauro Goicoechea. Shortly after, Argentina reached the goal, but it was disallowed for a handball before the definition, which was found after a VAR review. Peñarol continued to claim with a shot from ‘Crab’ Cabrera that went wide and a shot from Fernández who was the goalkeeper, and the local team responded with a shot from Tizón that Aguerre cleared with a great intervention.
The game ended with the score tied, injury time was played and Peñarol had one last chance at the feet of Leo Fernández, with a free kick that led to ‘Colo’ Romero receiving a second yellow card, which was ruled out. The 8 Carbonero to death the ball still in an exceptional way, scored a great goal and gave Carbonero the agonizing victory in Jardines.