18-12: The Spanish ‘red bullets’ defeat Uruguay
The speed of the Spanish three-quarter line, made up of authentic ‘red bullets’ of different caliber, defeated the Uruguayan team on the fourth day of the Nations Cupin a match played in the Madrid National Stadium.
Despite not finding their rhythm or the way to overcome the tough rival forward line for long periods of time, those coached by the Argentine Pablo Bouza They had enough flashes to beat the Uruguayan Los Teros with attempts by Laforga and Minguillon.
The visitors were, above all, harmed by their own errors in the game at hand from the start of the clash. Even so, Ferrario He crossed the Spanish goal line twice so that his team reached the last second with options in a long play that was thwarted ‘in extremis’ by the locals with time already up.
Spain dominated the first bars, but they were The Teros the first to rehearse through Ferrario to compensate for Mateu’s initial blow. 3-7 in the 11th minute. Only the poor play at hand of the visitors prevented a greater advantage.
Until the Spanish forward line and three-quarter line were refined and Laforga A long local attack culminated to put the León team ahead, moments before a great combination of the Spanish line that the American defense prevented from crossing its mark.
The injury of Futeureplaced by Santamaría, marked the end of the first half with a tight 8-7 on the scoreboard.
The resumption returned to the battered grass of the Complutense of Madrid a very difficult game of both fifteens, of fight and fight.
The Spanish coach himself predicted a very even match on Friday. That’s how it was.
Until a great combination from León’s XV led to a great score by Minguillon in the 73rd minute to make it 18-12 on the scoreboard. Uruguay always seemed to be one second behind Spain.
Bouza’s team would still have to fight heroically to, in the last breath, prevent Los Teros’ lead from leading to the clash.
Technical sheet
18. Spain: Futeu, Ovejero, Zabala, Piñeiro, Suárez, Foulds, Ariceta, Nieto; Bay, Güemes; Laforga, Fernández, Mateu, Cian and Bell. Santamaría, Vélez, Marsinyac, Pirlet, Aurrekoetxea, Boronat, Diego González and Minguillon also played.
12. Uruguay: Sanguinetti, Kessler, Piussi, Dotti, Leindekar, Arado, Bianchi, Diana; Rodríguez Bosch, Amarillo; Facciolo, Suárez, Ferrario, Juan González and Ignacio Álvarez. Aliaga, Vidal, Sebas Pérez and Peculo also played,
Marker: 3-0, min.9: Mateu hit. 3-7, min.11: Ferrario tries, Yellow passes. 8-7, min.23, Laforga try. 11-7, min.54: Mateu hit. 11-12, min.69: Ferrario try. 18-12, min.73: try by Minguillon, which Mateu passes.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe, from New Zealand.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the fourth day of the Nations Cup played at the National Stadium of the Complutense University of Madrid. Long lines formed at the entrance to the stadium.
