Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
La Selecta had the opportunity and let their first victory slip away, after 22 games where the team has not seen the light and is heading in the dark towards the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Bryan Gil scored the goal that excited El Savador 10′ into the game.
The blue and white arrived at the Shell Energy Stadium with the last chance to end the negative streak prior to the playoffs, a match against the Honduras team in which David Dóniga’s team would try to end the streak without knowing victory.
In the first minute of the match, with a premature action, Darwin Cerén, the CD Águila player, was a few centimeters away from scoring the first goal in the rival team’s goal, but the ball deflected slightly outside the left post.
The goal arrived. About 10′ the expected goal for the blue and white team arrived, after Bryan Tamacas stole a ball in midfield, assisted Jairo Henríquez who sent a deep cross into the small area by Edrick Menjívar, the visitors’ goalkeeper, and with A Bryan Gil half-length volley sent the score 1-0 into the net.
La Selecta played a first half like nothing seen before, with forcefulness in its passes, with precision, dominance and, above all, an advantage that it had to give the team the victory; However, in the second half he suffered a change of pace that took its toll.
At the start of the second half, Selecta suffered a change that cost them the victory that they held until the 62nd minute, when Bryan Róchez tied the score at 1-1.
In the second half, Honduras dominated the ball at will, and it remained in Tomas Romero’s area, and thus broke the defensive lines and achieved the tie.
El Salvador added its 22nd match without tasting a victory.
On its way to the playoffs, the Selecta will face Puerto Rico at home on Thursday, June 6, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as a visitor on Sunday, June 9, 2024. In 2025, on Saturday, June 7, it will face Anguilla and close their participation on Tuesday, June 10 against Suriname.
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