Alianza and Limeño share the lead in the table on the eighth date of the Clausura – 2024-02-27 11:24:02

Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez

With one match left to play, the eighth date of the Clausura 2024 tournament was played almost in its entirety to leave Alianza with the lead in the table along with Limeño, with the same number of points. Santa Tecla and Águila will close the date after the meeting is rescheduled.

Alianza reaches the lead of the tournament by narrowly beating Dragon

Thanks to the solitary goal from “Fito” Zelaya, the capital club took the three points from Francisco Barraza and achieved first position in the table, since before the second half ended (89′), the player sent the score 0- 1 to Felipe Amaya’s network. The pachyderms share the leadership with Limeño, with the same number of points, 15 units in total.

Alianza, with the same number of points as Limeño, but due to goal difference it was in first position, with 4 wins, 3 draws and one loss, while Dragon was in fifth position, with 4 wins, a draw and 3 losses .

The bulls gore the cuchero painting in the “devil’s cauldron”

Luis Ángel Firpo’s bulls scored the three points of the day against Municipal Limeño at the Sergio Torres Rivera stadium, in Usulután, in search of the first positions. With Víctor García’s goal, at 52′, and Jomal Williams’ header, at 90+5′, the local team sealed the expected result, while those from Santa Rosa de Lima left empty-handed .

Firpo is in eighth place, having accumulated four wins and four losses so far. For his part, Limeño, who was inferior to the pampero team, said goodbye to first place.

Platense beats Once Deportivo in extremis

Once Deportivo missed the partial victory that the Colombian Jonathan Urrutia gave them at 21′, since at 49′ and via penalty, Roberto Melgar and Xavier García at 90+6′, sentenced the 2-1 to give victory to the roosters.

Jocoro breaks the losing streak and defeats Metapán

The fire team said goodbye to its negative streak that it carried since the debut of the Clausura 2024 tournament and achieved its first victory at the expense of Isidro Metapán, this in its town and thanks to the goal by Juan Carlos Argueta, at around 19′, which It gave the team the first victory and the first three points that will serve as a boost for the following dates.

Jocoro accumulated 6 defeats so far in the tournament and a draw, red figures that to date, the current runner-up had not been able to break.

FAS defeats Fuerte in Quiteño

With Wilmar Torres’ premature goal, at 5′, FAS kept the three points at home, and continues to add points in search of the first positions in the table. El Fuerte, for its part, remains stuck in the basement. With four wins, three draws and one loss, Raúl Arias’ team remains in the top 5, a very different case from the blues who are in the last box.

As for the match between Santa Tecla and Águila, it has yet to be rescheduled, due to the lack of availability of the sports venue of the colline team that initially assured that it would play in Las Delicias, but the sports scene is still undergoing interventions, according to to what the INDES said.

Tabla

Alianza reached the top of the table after beating Dragón by the minimum as a visitor, but shares the title with Limeño, with 15 points in total. FAS stayed in third place with the same number of points, Platense stayed in fourth with 14, Once Deportivo with 13 in fifth, Dragon in sixth with the same amount, Isidro Metapán stayed in seventh and Firpo was eighth.

In ninth position is Águila with a match pending, as is Santa Tecla, in tenth, the two-time champion team Jocoro in eleventh and Fuerte in the basement of the table.