Cabañas tied in Jiquilisco, but retains the lead – – 2024-04-15 13:14:53

Usulután rescued a 1-1 draw against leader Cabañas at the Topiltzín Stadium in Jiquilisco. Meanwhile, at the Jiboa Stadium, San Vicente beat Sonsonate 4-0, and La Unión managed to get the three points during their visit to La Paz at the close of matchday 34 of the 2023-2024 Lottery Cup in the National League. Football (LNF).

In Jiquilisco, Overmars García was in charge of scoring the 1-0 at minute 5, an advantage that the bulls managed to maintain until minute 60.

The Usuluteco team reacted and equalized the score with the score of Jonathan Águila, which boosted the hosts’ desire to come back, but in front of them they had a team with good defensive skills and lethal on the counterattack.

The efforts of both teams did not bear fruit and the 1-1 score prevailed until 90 minutes and the compensation time granted by the referee.

With the result, Cabañas could not achieve his third consecutive victory, but he did extend his streak of games without defeat to 15. The point against Usulután also assured Cabañas first place with 80 points.

For the Usulutecos, the tie was not all bad, since they reached 63 points, but it leaves fourth place at the mercy of Santa Tecla, which, if it manages to beat Cuscatleco, would move them to fifth place.

At the moment, Cabañas, San Salvador and San Miguel have places reserved in advance for the next phase of the LNF.

Triumph of the Union
Atlético La Unión beat La Paz 0-1 at the Antonio Toledo Valle Stadium and remains on the lookout for eighth place with five games remaining.

The eastern team managed to go into the break with a 1-0 lead, thanks to the goal of
Adonay Hernández, who scored in the 43rd minute after controlling a pass from Fernando Rotela in the area and beating the goalkeeper with a powerful shot.

It was the best of an even first half and the only goal in a game with few chances and a lot of marking in the midfield.

With the victory, the Unionense team reaches 41 points and moved Alacranes from ninth place. It was also just two units behind the coconut trees that total 43 but are not having a good time.

Vincentian victory
San Vicente defeated Sonsonate 4-0 and complicated the coconut trees’ aspirations of qualifying for the next phase of the National Soccer League.

José Roberto Vega made it 1-0 in favor of the Vicentinos with a header on a corner kick that grazed the goalkeeper’s gloves, but the ball ended up shaking the net in the 14th minute.

San Vicente was lethal in the aerial game and had another clear chance to score in the 19th minute with another header from Vega, but this time the ball went over the horizontal post.

José Quiñones celebrated the 2-0 in a great individual action of strength and technique. The Vicentino player controlled a ball with his back to the area, turned 180 degrees, entered at 16.50 on Luis Mario Lemus’ mark and beat goalkeeper Mario Levi Gil with a placed touch.

Quiñones once again surprised the coconut defense and scored his double with a header in the six-yard box, after a precise cross from his teammate Giovani Velasco.

On the Sonsonate side, Marlon Montes had the best chance to score in the 27th minute with an overflow from the right that ended in a cross shot without the correct direction to cross the goal line.

In the second half, San Vicente was closer to the fourth goal than the Westerners were in stoppage time. The fourth score came from Quiñones when he took out the goalkeeper and scored a soft shot that the defense managed to clear on the goal line, in the 64th minute.

The Colombian achieved the triplet via penalty in the 70th minute to give the Vicentinos an important victory and for them to still have mathematical possibilities of qualifying.

San Vicente occupies box 11 of the classification with 29 points with five dates left to close the third round.

Matchday 34 ended with the 6-0 win that Santa Tecla gave to Cuscatleco at the Las Delicias National Stadium.

Walter Mejía was the star of the match by contributing four goals in a game that the Tecleños controlled from start to finish.

The other entries were signed by José Orellana and Diego Gutiérrez.