National Soccer
Municipal has a party in El Trébol on Malacateco and qualifies for the semifinals of Clausura 2024
The scarlet team led by Sebastián Bini entered the top four of the 2024 Clausura Tournament after defeating Malacateco 4-0.
Ramiro Rocca of Municipal celebrates his team’s first goal against Malacateco. (Free Press Photo: Carlos Hernández)
The Manuel Felipe Carrera looked packed since hours before the start of the match Municipal announced that all tickets were sold out, it was then that the reds and bulls defined at 2:30 p.m. the third team classified for the semifinals after Comunicaciones and Mixco who achieved their victory on Saturday. ticket to the round of the four best.
The game began with great intensity since Municipal, playing at home and down in the series, had the responsibility to propose in search of overcoming the 2-3 that Malacateco gave them in the first leg.
Ramiro Rocca, who barely registered a goal in the entire tournamentappeared in the 5th minute to send the ball to the back of the visitors’ goal with a good header from a pass from José Morales.
Municipal took advantage of its moment and the little reaction of Malacateco so that the ball passed through the feet of Pedro Altán, who filtered it to José Carlos Martínez who beat goalkeeper Alejandro Peláez with a cross shot.
The goal made the fans in the Manuel Felipe Carrera stands explode with joy since in just ten minutes their team was already winning 2-0 and took the lead on the aggregate score 4-3.
Malacateco’s reaction lasted until the 20th minute, however, the bulls’ attempts came at the hands of Alejandro Medina and again José Carlos Martínez appeared for his second personal and third for Municipal before the half hour mark.
If Malacateco had any hope of a reaction, it disappeared in the 57th minute when Ramiro Rocca scored his second goal of the afternoon and third of the championship overall.
At 59′ Sebastián Bini moved his pieces and gave way to Pedro Altán who had a great match to the point that on his way to the bench the entire Manuel Felipe Carrera gave him a standing ovation.
The scoreboard no longer moved and Municipal joined Comunicaciones and Mixco as semi-finalists. The reds’ rival will emerge from the duel between Antigua and Xinabajul that will be played at 6 p.m.
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