Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
Santa Tecla took oxygen and added the third victory of Clausura 2024, this time against Isidro Metapán, but with controversy, at the Jorge “Calero” Suárez stadium; the objective, to get out of the relegation zones. Gonzalo Tarifa was the author of the 0-1 for the greens but goalkeeper Cristopher Rauda was the true hero of the night.
With the intensity that the match deserved, Santa Tecla and Metapán took to the field of play in the first half with great intention and in search of a partial advantage from the first 45 minutes, and despite the signs of low intensity that the green team showed on In the last minutes of the first leg, it was the visitors who went into the break with a 0-1 lead thanks to Tarifa.
With premature actions, the bottom team started about one minute into the match, with a shot from outside the area by José Cabañas that made the ball kiss the crossbar and the locals’ first goal was avoided.
At about 29′, Tecla advanced along the right side of Rauda and served for Andrés Rivas on the Los Jaguares front and he sent a shot that promised to be the first for the visitors, but the goalkeeper of the Calero team kept the ball in hands.
The sensations remained hot, but there was a change of pace, and the greens lowered the intensity, while the locals became confident. Santa Tecla took advantage and after a collective play that emerged from the left wing, Rivas served to Tarifa and they scored 0-1 for the greens before halftime.
At 90+3′, the bottom team was condemned with the maximum penalty after an alleged foul in the area that ended with controversy and the euphoric performance of Rauda, when he stopped the shot at the lime trees to take the 3 points to Tecla.
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