Santa Tecla achieved a valuable victory that moves it to fourth place in the general classification, by beating a blurred San Salvador 3-1, at the close of matchday 36 of the National Football League Lottery Cup 2023-24, which did not leave classified to the next phase.
In other games today, at the Marcelino Imbers stadium, La Unión beat San Vicente 1-0; At the Ana Mercades Campos, Sonsonate could not stop the power of Cabañas and was defeated 2-5, while at the Antonio Toledo Valle, La Paz fell 1-2 to Cuscatleco.
An interesting duel was offered by tecleños and capital residents at the Las Delicias National Stadium, where the parakeets won thanks to the fact that they applied themselves during the 90 minutes and managed to dismantle the rival strategy.
When 12 minutes had elapsed, Samuel Reynosa, in the first clear dangerous action, made it 1-0 with a cross shot, which did not discourage his rival, since a minute later, Sergio Mosquera entered the area with the ball dominated and He shot before the goalkeeper came out to make it 1-1.
At 28 minutes, San Salvador goalkeeper Héctor Ramírez Carvajal knocked down an attacker in the area and Carlos Henríquez, at 30′, made it 2-1.
San Salvador’s response was immediate. The team advanced lines and managed to mount more attacks but in a disorganized manner, which was reflected in an attempt to score by Christian Olivera, at 34 minutes, who could not hit his shot in a counterattack started by Juan Sánchez.
In the second half, the capital’s team again dangerously reached the goal defended by Rolando Morales, who in the 49th minute saw the ball crash into the right post of his goal.
However, at 51′, Diego Velásquez was in charge of making it 3-1 for the Tecleños by receiving the ball inside the area and shooting on goal to extend the home team’s advantage and make it easier for them to control the timing of the game.
At Imbers, Adonay Hernández, in the 37th minute, scored the only goal with which the Buenos Aires team kept alive its aspirations of reaching the next phase of the tournament.
The Sonsonatecos sought to dethrone the Cabañas bulls, but after taking a 1-0 lead, at 9 minutes, they had an avalanche of goals against José Mercado (29′), Daniel Reyes (47′), Jefferson Palacios ( 49′) and Boris Polo (56′), and when they reacted against Emerson Escalante, at 83 minutes, Mateo Arévalo scored in injury time to seal the 2-5.
In Toledo Valle, Cuscatleco won with a double from Francisco Miranda at 8 and 77 minutes. The home team’s discount came through Álex Alemán, in the 52nd minute.
The positions are commanded by Cabañas with 86 points; San Salvador has 82; Saint Michael 79; Santa Tecla 67; Usulutan 66; Santa Ana 62; La Unión 47 and Ahuachapán 46, which occupy the classification positions. Behind them are Sonsonate with 43; Scorpions 42; San Vicente 30; Cuscatleco 18; La Paz 17 and Morazán 14.
On the next day, Saturday, April 20, Ahuachapán will receive Santa Tecla at the Simeón Magaña and Cabañas will have the visit of La Paz at the Sensuntepeque Sports Center, while at 5:00 in the afternoon, San Salvador will face Sonsonate in Las Delicias.
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