His attitude and lack of respect towards players and coaches has not helped him in recent years. Remember, he was that infamous referee that declared the Nacional-Villa Español match a forfeit by the part of the El Bolso.

Jackson Martínez showed no mercy to Julio Ribas as he tore apart the aurinegro defense in the air and on the ground. In a span of four minutes El Poderoso had a two-lead courtesy of Jackson. Iván Corredor made it 3-0 in the 34th minute and then Martínez would assure himself of a hat-trick in the second half.

Peñarol was competitive at including some plays that came close to getting past Paraguayan international Aldo Bobadilla, but it was not to be. Peñarol lacked physical intensity as well as the tactical ideas that were needed on the pitch in order to come out of the game with any type of favorable result. The five-time Libertadores champs are facing a grim reality as they will have to win by four or more goals in order to stay alive.

The winner of the tie will end up in Group 4 of the Santander Libertadores along with Uruguayan side Defensor Sporting, reigning Colombian champs América, and three-time Libertadores champs São Paulo.

The former Boca Juniors confirmed through his father that he would accept a previous offer by the Uruguayan side to return to the game after being released by Atlético Luján.

Navarro Montoya will mostly likely play in his 25th season as a professional goalkeeper and all signs point towards him overtaking former River Plate keeper Braian Rodríguez who played in a friendly match this weekend against Lavalleja.

Munúa was involved in a fist fight which left Aouate with scars on his face. The conflict occurred after Munúa took the Israeli international´s starting job due to poor performance. Aouate pointed out the fact that he refused to lose his starting job to Munúa, thus becoming the former bolso´s biggest critic. Aouate suffered a contusion as well as eight stitches to his left eye; but his teammate was left with charges as well as the possibility of going to jail for six months. Instead he was able to avoid prison time after he paid a € 3,650 fine to the Municipality of Betnazos. Aouate dsince then moved to Mallorca where he is playing behind Argentine international Germán Lux.

Lotina must have a great deal of faith in the Uruguayan, or might want to give last week´s starter (Daniel Aranzubía) a rest after receiving the pummeling he did against Barcelona. There is talk in most of the blogs and media that cover the Galicians that Munúa might start against none other than Real Madrid at the Bernabéu this coming weekend.

GOALKEEPERS:
PEREZ BARONE, Alison Nicola (C. Nacional de F. )
RODRÍGUEZ, Martín (Montevideo Wanderers)

DEFENDERS:
AGUIRREGARAY GURUCEAGA, Matías (C.A. Peñarol)
GUNINO DUQUE, Adrián Javier (Danubio F.C. )
SILVA FERNANDEZ, Marcelo Andrés (Danubio F.C. )
HERRERA ROSAS, Robert Fabián (Defensor Sporting)
COATES NION, Sebastián (C. Nacional de F. )
CABRERA SASÍA, Leandro (Defensor Sporting)
PEÑA MONTERO, Alejandro Agustín (Montevideo Wanderers)

MIDFIELDERS:
CALZADA FUENTES, Maximiliano Matías (C. Nacional de F. )
PEREYRA ANTONINI, Mauricio Ernesto (C. Nacional de F. )
RODRÍGUEZ, Diego (Defensor Sporting)
PIRIZ GONZALEZ, Facundo Julián (C. Nacional de F. )
LODEIRO BENITEZ, Marcelo Nicolás (C. Nacional de F. )
VIUDEZ MORA, Tabaré Uruguay (AC Milan – ITA)

FORWARDS:
CHARQUERO LOPEZ, Jonathan (Montevideo Wanderers)
CORDOBA BORGES, Maximiliano Jonathan (Liverpool F.C. )
GARCIA CORREA, Santiago Damián (C. Nacional de F. )
HERNANDEZ PLATERO, Abel Mathías (C.A. Peñarol)
URRETAVISCAYA DA LUZ, Jonathan (Benfica – Portugal)

Saralegui gave his unconditional resignation and it was accepted by the club’s administrative board. The board in turn quickly acted and decided to hire Julio Ribas. Julio Ribas is among one of the most successful Uruguayan coaches in recent years. He comes back to Uruguay after coaching the Omani national team in 2008. He was among one of the most successful coaches in the past 25 years for Peñarol leading them to a domestic title. One of his biggest accomplishemnts was leading Bella Vista to their only Liguilla conquest back in 1998-99.

In his second stint as with Peñarol, Saralegui was the most successful coach in the club’s recent history. He led the club to their first title in five years by winning the Clausura 2008. Saralegui’s 71% success rate (22 wins, 7 draws, 5 losses) was among the best in team history. He also had relative success against Nacional beating them in the 2008 Clausura as well as in Liguilla.

== PEÑAROL. Arrivals: Ignacio Ithurralde -Rosario Central-, Sebastián Sosa (Central Español).
Departures: Marco García “Nasa” -Defensor Sp.- Alejandro González –(Sporting Cristal- PER), Islam Kanaan ISR, Damián Frascarelli -M. Misiones-, Nicolás Biglianti,

== WANDERERS. Arrivals: Salvador Capitano (coach),Héctor “Yaya” Alvarez ARG -Santos Laguna (MEX).
Departures: Simón Vanderhoegth -Italia-, Sergio Martínez -rescinded, Carlos María Morales -retired-.
== DANUBIO. Departures: Enzo Scorza –free transfer-, Egidio Arevalo Ríos -San Luis de México-, Gerardo Vonder Putten, Javier Delgado.
Arrivals: Martín Icart -Bella Vista-.
== DEFENSOR SP: Arrivals: Marcos García “Nasa” -Peñarol-, Diego Vera -Nacional-, Walter Ibáñez -de River Plate-.
Departures: Alejandro Acosta -Puebla (MEX), Martín García, Maximiliano Pérez, César La Paglia ARG -San Martín de Tucumán (ARG)-, Hugo Costela y William Ferreira -Bolivar (BOL), Ederson Fofonka -rescinded.
== VILLA ESPAÑOLA. Departures: Damián Santín –Caxias (BRA)- Marcelo Ferreira – Fernando Cañarte, Cristian Mauvezin, Diego Casamán, Zinho, Santiago López, Marcos Lamanna y Jonathan Larrosa.
== RACING. Departures: Juan Pablo Rodríguez (Indios-MEX) and Gerardo Varela.
Arrivals: Néstor “Falucho” Silva -Olimpia (HON).
== CERRO. Departures: Rodrigo Muñoz -Nacional-, Junior Aliberti –(Sp. Cristal- PER), Andrés Molina, Marcelo Fernández -Defensor Sp.-.
== CERRO LARGO. Arrivals : Leonardo Rivero -Wanderers de Artigas-, Edy González -Bella Unión-.
Departures: George Dos Santos – Bella Vista-, Nicolás López -free-, Alberto Silva -free-, Heberley Sosa, Mauricio Díaz -Liverpool-.

== CENTRAL ESPAÑOL. Departures: Sebastián Sosa -Peñarol-, Juan Ferreri -rescindió-, Gonzalo Lemes, Yari Silvera, Ignacio La Luz y Pablo López .
Arrivals: Oscar Castro -Nacional-.

== JUVENTUD. Arrivals: Cristian Fatecha (Tacuary-PAR) Gregor Aguayo(Tacuary-PAR), Sergio Bicca (Tacuarembó) y Antonio Fernandez (Tacuarembó)-, Marcos Brasesco y Gonzalo Curbelo -Sud América-, Matías Britos -Rampla Juniors-.
Departures: Alvaro Méndez -Perú-, Iván Pailos -Turquía-, Gonzalo Pizzichilo -Turquía-, Enrique Meza , Javier Benia, Gonzalvez, Federico Velázquez -Atenas de San Carlos-, Martín Alagia -libre por contrato-.
== RAMPLA JRS. No Coach Hired Departures: Ricardo Moller, Alejandro Rodríguez -vuelve a Nacional-, Mauricio Rosa, Marcelo Palau, Guerra, Noble, Gonzalo Castro, Matías Britos -Juventud-, y Hernán Pérez -fin del contrato- entre otros.
Arrivals: Martín Peula.
== BELLA VISTA. Coach Gustavo Matosas
== TACUAREMBO. Coach Carlos Manta
Departures: Aldo Díaz -Bella Vista-, Martin Kamga, Ricardo “Kimba” Delgado -Real Mamoré de Bolivia-, Ignacio De León, Alejandro González , Leandro Silva, Diego Martiñones, Edison Torres, Pablo Lavandeira, Antonio Fernández -Juventud-, Juan Pablo Guardado, y Sergio Pérez. Arrivals: Mauren Franco -Sp. Cerrito

== RIVER PLATE. Departures: Nathaniel Revetria -Juan Aurich, Perú-, Darío Flores –Cluj (ROU), Walter Ibáñez -Defensor Sp.-. Milton Cortés, Nicolás Nicolay, libres-. Arrivals: Flavio Cordoba COL -del Cúcuta-, Jorge Cristian Córdoba – Unión de Santa Fé (ARG)
== LIVERPOOL. Departures: Juan Andrés Tejera
Arrivals: Mauricio Díaz -Cerro Largo-.

“It is a great challenge to help Real (Sociedad) get back to first division,” Abreu said after he was presented to the public over at Zubieta over in the Basque city of San Sebastián. “Part of it has to do with the fact that Real Sociedad is the eighth biggest club in Spain and it is our obligation to earn promotion before its centennial season.”

Abreu signed a six-month contract with a one-year option in the event that the club earns promotion. He must also obtain his freedom from Argentine side River Plate in order to get that extra year. That seems easier said than done after he walked away from the club prior to stepping on the bus on the way to pre-season training. This move was not very popular at River Plate as they had paid a significant amount of money to bring him back to Argentina after a disastrous experience at Israeli side Beitar Jerusalem.

Sociedad are currently in seventh place with 31 points, but they are just three points away from league leaders Xerez.

This will mean that the club with split themselves in half. Half of the team will be taking part in the friendly match against the Brazilians while the others will stay home and take part in the Copa Bimbo.
On January 17th they would be playing Nacional while Atletico Mineiro would do the same against Cruzeiro. The winners of the two confrontations would face off in the final of the Cup on January 21st.