National Soccer
Archila and Martínez leave Municipal alive for the return in El Trébol once morest Malacateco
After leading 3-0, Malacateco received two goals in less than 10 minutes and let a big advantage slip away once morest Municipal in the first leg of the Clausura 2024 quarterfinals.
Archila’s goal revived Municipal in the match. (Free Press Photo: Douglas Suruy)
Municipal was not found at the Santa Lucía stadium until 10 minutes were left in the game that was played on the followingnoon of this Thursday, April 25.
The Scarlet Setwhich qualified for the final phase of the Clausura Tournament in first place in the table with a streak of six victories in its last seven games, he looked totally unknown for a large part of the match once morest Malacateco, but 10 minutes were enough for a 3-0 to end in 3-2 and they came out alive to face the second leg on Sunday the 28th with only a goal disadvantage.
The local team, which sealed its ticket to the quarterfinals on the last day of the regular phase following beating Zacapa 2-1, went out onto the field with the intention of hurting the scarlet defense and did so in just 8 minutes. minutes.
Paraguayan scorer Pedro Báez rose into the air and deflected the ball enough to leave goalkeeper Alejandro Medina with no options, who only watched as the ball entered the back of his goal.
Municipal was still processing the score received when Malacateco hit once more.
In the 12th minute Edgardo Fariña got tangled in a play and cleared it in a bad way, the action ended in an own goal by the Panamanian and with the score 2-0.
As if going 2-0 once morest in such a short time was not enough, the scarlet team lost Cristian Jiménez due to injury and in the 34th minute César Calderón was sent off for a hard foul.
At halftime Sebastián Bini moved his pieces with the intention of having a better second half, but the plan did not go entirely well since when the timer showed three minutes in the complement Ángel López received the ball from a pass from José Ochoa and he scored 3-0.
In the rest of the second half the red team tried with distant shots but never got close enough. Everything changed in the 82nd minute when César Archila scored a great goal to make it 3-1 and in the 89th minute José Martínez made it 3-2 that leaves Municipal alive for the return match that will be played on Sunday at Trébol.
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