With the first result of date 12, completed on Friday night, with the 2-2 draw between Antigua and Malacateco. The team led by Mexican coach Adrián García Arías took advantage of the fact that Mixco plays until tomorrow to climb one step in the Clausura 2024 classification.
Just when it seemed that this Saturday’s first duel was going to end without goals, the Brazilian’s right appeared to get the ball back on track. the seventh victory of the championship for those of Arias.
In injury time, the number 10 of the Verapaz team, Anthony López, threw a cross over the right sector. The captain, Janderson Pereira, arrived to receive him, who lowered the ball to find his teammate, alone, inside the area.
After controlling the ball, Moreira settled in and with his skillful leg finished off into the back of Álvaro García’s goal for the final 1-0. With this result, the Cobaneros reach 24 units, thus separating themselves from Deportivo Mixco, who will play tomorrow at 3 in the afternoon against the Coatepeque has already been relegated at the Israel Barrios stadium.
It is worth mentioning that, for the Easterners, in addition to the adverse score, they return home with the hard news of the possible knee injury that suffered one of its most dangerous elements in attack. The Costa Rican, Keyshwen Arboinewho during the first half jumped to contest a divided ball and when he fell, his left knee suffered an unnatural movement which prevented him from completing the game.
As a separate note, the local fans seemed to celebrate the victory over the Orientals, since after Thales’ goal, chants of “first time, first time, first time”, this in reference to the fact that the roosters are only a little better than the already relegated snakes, whom they surpass by only 1 point in the standings. Coatepeque is last and Zacapa is second to last.
In the second hour, at 6 pm, it will be the turn of Xinabajul and Guastatoya to face each other on the Los Cuchumatanes stadium field.
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