Ambush, shots and injuries: the scandal in the preview of the friendly between Nacional de Uruguay and Vélez in Montevideo

There was nothing friendly about it. Serious incidents were recorded in the run-up to the match between Nacional and Vélez: Fans of the Uruguayan team ambushed two buses where the Liniers were arriving, a few blocks from the Gran Parque Central stadium.

Parts of both clubs were shot and stoned and it was confirmed that there are several injuries as a result of the crossingassisted by health personnel. The police intervened to calm the situation. Despite the violent events, the meeting started normally.

Fortín is in the lands of Charrúa, engaged in a series of preseason matches: he had just beaten Colón 1-0 in the Leandro Burián Cup with a goal from Lucas Janson and will face Defensor Sporting next Saturday, January 14, before returning to Argentina. Those of Cacique Medina will make their debut in the Lega Professionisti on 21/01 against Gimnasia at the José Amalfitani.

Triumph on penalties

In the match, Vélez and Nacional -which had the official debut of Ricardo Zielinski- drew without goals and “Fortín” won again on penalties (3-1), to keep the Alexander Medina Cup, named after today’s technical director of the Argentine team who also knew how to lead the “Bolso”.

The initial training of those of Liniers was with Leonardo Burián; Tomás Guidara, Lautaro Gianetti, Miguel Brizuela and Francisco Ortega; Mateo Seoane, José Florentín and Nicolás Garayalde; Jonathan Menendez, Lucas Pratto and Lucas Janson.

Background

Both institutions had already had problems when they last met in the group stage Libertadores Cup in Montevideo. After the Argentines’ 1-0 victory in a spicy match, the players had a cross in the tunnel towards the dressing rooms: slaps and shoves that came and went. The police contained and went no further. “It’s football stuff. At the end we were really excited because everything happened in the last minutes and we ended up playing wrestling haha” Pratto then declared.