Tegucigalpa – The Victoria Sports Club beat Génesis this Saturday 2-1 in the final of the Liga de Ascenso, in a duel held at the Municipal Ceibeño Stadium in the city of La Ceiba. Now they will face Atlético Pinares de Ocotepeque, champion of the previous tournament, in a round-trip match.
Victoria and Genesis, met last Sunday, May 23 in San Lorenzo, Valle, a match that ended with a 2-2 draw, so everything had to be defined this Saturday to meet the champion of the Promotion League. The people of Ceiba had that advantage of being able to win in their own home.
The jaibo team, led by Honduran coach Carlos “El Chato” Padilla, began the duel with the intention of dominating the fierce Genesis who, for several stretches of the game, had better judgment with the ball, the good work done by the experienced coach was noted Honduran, Carlos Martínez.
Victoria began to win until the 30th minute, through Durvin Sánchez who established the 1-0, scoreboard with which the first half ended, with the Ceibians caressing the title, since his rival was left without reaction and the best for them it was the end of the first half to try to put things back together in the second half.
In addition, those of San Lorenzo, took control of the ball and subdued the jaibos in their own court, who managed to keep their goal at zero until the 60th minute after an intelligent play that ended in a powerful shot from Julián Galo to pass by the experienced Carlos “El Chino” Discua.
The game arrived at minute 90 tied 1-1, with a desperate Victory looking everywhere for the title goal, while Genesis defended themselves to forge the extension; not everything was defined, those led by Padilla, would find the winning goal from a penalty kick scored by Damin Ramírez at minute 90 + 5.
Now Victoria will fight for the return to the first division in the very final of the Closing Tournament of the Liga de Ascenso against Atlético Pinares de Ocotepeque, the duels are scheduled for next Sunday 6 and Saturday 13 June.
Lineups:
Victoria: Willian Robledo; 4. Kenny Bodden, 5. ‘Calolo’ Palacios, 7. Alexis Vega, 9. Pedro Hernández, 10. Damin Ramírez. 11. Durvin Sánchez, 14. Edgar Cabrera, 15. Kelly Centeno, 16. Edwin Álvarez, 17. Marlon Flores.
Genesis: 1. Álvaro Juanes; 26. Alex Corrales, 14. Arnol Ávila, 25. Brayan Acosta, 6. Héctor Oliva, 27. Julián Galo, 19. Manuel Alberto, 20. Nelson Vallejo, 21. Oscar Padilla, 2. Ronaldo García, 12. Teófilo Casildo. JP
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