Nacional match abandoned after linesman hit
MONTEVIDEO - Nacional's match at home to Universidad de Chile was abandoned early in the second half after a linesman was struck by an object thrown from the crowd.
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VG3mYVirZZ9jgtXUWRdp9C.jpg)
Wednesday's game was the second this week in the Copa Sudamericana competition to be suspended by crowd violence following ugly incidents in the previous night's match in Ecuador between Emelec and Olimpia.
Universidad de Chile were dominating the game at the Parque Central stadium and leading 2-0 when one of the linesman was hit in the 47th minute by what Uruguayan media identified as a roll of paper.
The official was knocked to the ground and received treatment for several minutes before the referee called the match off.
The South American Football Confederation (CSF) said on its website that it would meet later in the week to decide on the outcome.
The Chilean side won the first leg 1-0.
Tuesday's match at Emelec was called off in the 81st minute when fans hurled bottles onto the pitch, apparently in protest against their team's coach Juan Ramon Carrasco. Paraguayan side Olimpia were leading 2-1.
Former Uruguay coach Carrasco has had an unhappy two months in charge of the Guayaquil-based team.
Get FourFourTwo Newsletter
The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.
![Arne Slot head coach of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Manchester City FC at Anfield on December 01, 2024 in Liverpool, England.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3xTbkGtr7hRGpxxB4hofcg-840-80.jpg)
‘Slot hasn’t come in and changed everything, making it all about himself – it’s been about the players he’s inherited, getting the best out of a system he likes’: Liverpool manager impressing former players with personality and tactical approach
![LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrating after scoring the opening goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC at Anfield on October 20, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y6uSyarD69cTjYZM7M4Z33-840-80.jpg)
‘We thought we’d signed him, but Chelsea blew us away. I think they signed him so we couldn’t have him, as much as because they really wanted him’: Liverpool actually failed to sign Mohamed Salah in 2014, three years before finally getting the Egyptian