Uruguayan soccer is an inexhaustible source of anecdotes and a very funny one occurred this Monday, in the match that Danubio tied 1 to 1 against Deportivo Maldonado, for the last date of the Apertura tournament, at the JDH María Mincheff stadium. And the main protagonist was an acquaintance of the Argentines, Sebastián Fernández, forward of the Banfield champion in the 2009 Apertura led by Julio Falcioni.
Little paper39 years old and who formed a fearsome duo with Santiago Silva, took advantage of a bad start from the rival team and, when he was about to step into the area, one of his opponents tried to close it. But the scoreboard fell to the floorin a clumsy stumble, without anyone affecting him.
The scene continued and Fernández defined before the goalkeeper came out, but the ball was bitten and did not finish going into the goal. In desperation, Papelito missed the ball and another defender, also clumsily, overturned and was unable to prevent the goal. One blooper after another.
However, the play had a bonus track: in the celebration, he ran towards one of the corners and A dog that was in the stands followed him as if wanting to join the party. The image quickly went viral on the networks.
The goal for Danubio came eleven minutes from the end of the game. It seemed like the story was over. However, Deportivo Maldonado found parity with another unfortunate situation: Mauro Goicochea scored an own goal and the home owner saw the victory slip from his hands.
In this way, Danubio was second to last with 14 points, while Deportivo Maldonado reached 15 points. The champion, defined for a while, is Peñarol, who beat Fénix 1-0 on Sunday as a visitor.