The match was played at the Santo Domingo de Guzmán stadium, which was packed with fans who dream of reaching their first final and fighting for the national soccer championship.
The victory of the chicharronero team came thanks to the goal of Paraguayan Roque Caballero, in the 41st minute, following taking advantage of a center from Fernando Arce, who made a perfect filtration.
After the annotation, Dwight Pezzarossi’s team lost the momentum of the match and at minute 45 was left with 10 players due to the expulsion of Brandon de León for dangerous play.
In the second half, the colonials came out to contain the offensive of the team led by Fabricio Benítez and They had brilliant work from goalkeeper Braulio Línarez, who prevented the difference from being greater.
In the last minutes Jean Márquez and Caballero himself sought to score that long-awaited second goal, but they might not increase the score and take advantage of playing with one more man on the field.
Now the series will be defined next Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Pensativo Stadium, where the colonials will seek to turn the result around in front of their fans and thus seek to advance to the final.
Antigua qualified for the final phase in second position, while the Mixqueño team did so in third place. That is why the colonials will close the series as locals.
“The victory was achieved, which is important, but we had many chances to score to achieve a better advantage, but we were unable to score.. We have to maintain the same intensity of play in the second leg,” Roque Caballero indicated at the end of the game.
For his part, Alexander Robinson, from the Antigua GFC team, expressed that playing with one less man conditioned the match. “We knew that their goal was to hurt us. The result leaves the series open“, said.
He added that on Saturday the game will be different because they will solve it with the colonial fans. “On Saturday it will be our turn to play on our court and we hope to play a good game,” he highlighted.
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