During the night of Sunday, August 18, at the Marquesa de la Ensenada Stadium, the third day of the Opening Tournament 2024 of the National League.
After three dates, Communications y Achuapa lead the table with 7 points each, while the current champion of the competition, Municipalis in eighth place, with 3 points.
The crimson squad has tied its first three games, all 0-0, and in conjunction with the lamentable start in the Central American Cupthe outlook worries the scarlet fans.
Of the last pass National League champions, the current Municipal team is one of the four teams that began the defense of the title without achieving a single victoria in the first three days.
Red bichampionship?
No team has managed to be a two-time national champion since Guastatoya I got it in the Opening 2018, And since that tournament, eleven teams have tried and all have failed.
It was precisely the set yellow breast that arrived at the Closing 2019 to defend his second championship, who signed a of the two worst beginnings of a national champion in the first three days: 1 draw and 2 losses, the same record as Imperial Coban in it Closing 2023.
The other champion who started a tournament without victories in the first three dates was Communications in it Opening 2022, After signing two draws and one defeat; the current Municipal team being the only one to start with three draws consecutive.
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On the other side of the coin, the set of Former GFC in it Opening 2019 signed the better start of a champion in the last six years, with three consecutive victories. However, the green-bellied team was defeated in the final against Municipal and was left on the brink of the second championship.
The other four teams with a positive start were: Guastatoya (Opening 2018), Municipal (Opening 2020), Saint Lucia (Opening 2021) and Communications (Clausura 2024), with two wins and one draw.
Of the last 10 champion teams, only Antigua and Municipal have managed to reach two consecutive finals, and those led by Sebastian Bini They plan to achieve the feat they accomplished three years ago.
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