With a penalty goal with seven minutes to go, Danube defeated Huracán 1-0 at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo and complicated their chances of qualifying in group B of the Copa Sudamericana.
On a closing date of the group stage, the Parque Patricios team was left with 5 points in last place. In the last round, they must beat the Guarani leader in Asunción (8 points) and wait in parallel for the result of the match between Emelec and Danubio in Guayaquil to be able to aspire to one of the first two places.
When the game was headed towards a draw without grace, 38 minutes into the second half, full-back Guillermo Soto blocked a header from Sebastián Fernández with his right arm and Colombian referee Carlos Ortega awarded the penalty with VAR assistance that Guillermo May scored with a tight left footed shot. Huracán could not win so far in Sebastián Battaglia’s cycle as technical director and once again paid a very high price for his offensive impotence.
In the middle of a slow process and without arrivals, Hurricane made some difference in the first half. At least he had more of the ball and some approaches for shots from outside the area and cross balls.
A headbutt from Sauro who went outside for a little, a right hand from Godoy that came out next to the left post and a shot from valentin sanchez that the Uruguayan goalkeeper Goicoechea swiped were the best moments of the Parque Patricios team. Danube meanwhile, just crashed against its limitations.
In a second Huracán lost control of the ball. And since Danube only showed drive, the process plunged down a slope of boredom. The Uruguayan changes gave better results than those introduced by Battaglia and zero qualified both.
Until the penalty came, Danubio converted it and just for that, he won the match, He placed second in the group and further complicated the present pinned with Huracán pins.
