Xinabajul Huehue achieves an important victory at home against Guastatoya

National Football

Xinabajul Huehue achieves an important victory at home against Guastatoya

The Huehuetecos continue their good streak and win their second consecutive game in the National League

Uri Amaral celebrates his goal that gave the team from Xinabajul Huehue the victory. (Photo Prensa Libre: Courtesy of Afición X)

The third day of the Apertura 2024 continued with Xinabajul Huehue playing their first home game, hosting Guastatoya at the Los Cuchumatanes stadium, where the locals managed to secure the victory by a narrow 1-0 scoreline.

Xinabajul, who came into this match motivated and with high morale after winning the previous week away to Deportivo Zacapa by a score of 0-2.

Facing a Pecho Amarillo team that is not having the best start to the league, with just one point from a draw in matchday one, Guastatoya was clinging on to spring a surprise on a difficult pitch.

With a stadium full from the first minute, and a grandstand enjoying another tournament of their team in the Major Leaguethe home team began dominating the match.

Pablo Centrone’s team had a dangerous play in the first 15 minutes, but generated two consecutive corner kicks that worried Adrián de Lemos’ goal, against a defense that was unable to close the spaces properly.

The Huehuetecos did not have to wait long for the scoreboard, after a cross from Adrián Ruíz went to the center of the area in the 21st minute where Uri Amaral He took advantage of the header to send the ball into the back of the net, after a poor clearance by the goalkeeper of the yellow-chested team.

As the clock ticked down, the home team became stronger in their attempts to reach the opponent’s goal, but were unable to find the depth that would lead to a second goal.

The tone of the match did not change in the second half. In the first few minutes the home team tried to score a goal that would calm them down and seal the score, but Guastatoya reacted in the final minutes of the match.

With this result, Xinabajul Huehue achieves its second consecutive victory and adds 6 points in the first days of the Tournament. For its part, the situation of GuastatoyThis is beginning to worry the coaching staff, as they have only been able to get one out of 9 possible points, and they are at the bottom of the table.