National Soccer
Communications recovers its smile once morest Cobán Imperial and sets foot in the semifinals
Comunicaciones ended a negative streak of six games without victory by beating Cobán Imperial in the first leg of the Clausura 2024 quarterfinals.
The Ecuadorian celebrated his first goal in the final phase of Clausura 2024. (Free Press Photo: Esbin García)
Communications was finally able to celebrate on the field of the Cementos Progreso stadium this season. The team now led by Uruguayan coach Willy Coito overcame a streak of six games without winning and will now face the second leg of the quarterfinals with a slight advantage of 1 goal to 0.
The second leg will be defined at the José Ángel Rossi stadium in Alta Verapaz next Saturday, April 27 at twelve noon.
The first leg was marked by the goal that the Ecuadorian forward Juan Luis Anangonó got it in the 13th minute following a play that Antonio López orchestrated in the first instance and that ended with the ball bouncing off Londoño’s knees.
Thus, Anangonó appeared without any opposition in front of the goal defended by Minor Álvarez and made it 1-0.
In the rest of the first half the white team had enough options to score another goal; Even Janderson Pereira had to take a ball off the line following a header from Anangonó.
In the complement the story was different, Cobán looked for the Communications goal through long positions and some counterattacks, but the Cobaneros were not able to find Fredy Pérez’s goal.
Communications Although the intensity dropped in the second half, was close to the second at the end of the game when Lezcano crossed a ball into the area and once more Anangonó found the ball, but his shot went slightly wide.
For Communications the result is positive in the aspect that broke a streak of six games without winning. The last victory that the white team recorded was on March 13 once morest Coatepeque.
Cobán, for his part, extended his bad moment, since following the defeat once morest Comunicaciones he has gone a month without winning.
In the first match of the quarterfinals Mixco took a 0-2 advantage once morest Achuapa and the action will continue on Thursday, April 25 with the keys between Malacateco vs Municpial and Xinabajul vs Antigua GFC.
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