Kevin López saved Motagua from defeat against the UPN in a great game in Danlí

Danlí, Honduras.

Motagua suffered at the Marcelo Tinoco stadium in Danlí, but rescued a 2-2 draw against the UPN’s Lobos thanks to a goal from Kevin López, in the match of the tenth day of the 2021 Apertura Tournament of the Honduran National League.

Iván López opened the account, the univertarios came back with goals from Juan Ramón Mejía and Jairo Róchez and 10 minutes after entering the field Kevin López made the final 2-2.

THE ACTIONS

In the first minute of the game, the championship scorer Marlon Ramírez had the first with a left-footed shot that went wide of the Motagüense goal.

In the 3 ‘,’ Machuca ‘Ramírez assisted with a cross to his attacking partner Juan Ramón Mejía who nodded to the side before the gaze of Jonathan Rougier.

In 5 ‘, Rougier saved Motagua after a shot from Luis Argeñal. Great action from the university students and better the Argentine goalkeeper to avoid the fall of his cabin.

The Lobos almost took the lead in the 9th minute. Rembrandt Flores corner, ‘Machuca’ Ramírez connected and Diego Rodríguez saved with his head on the goal line.

Motagua had its first chance at 18 ‘. The ball fell to Iván López and the ‘Chino’ unleashed a left foot that barely touched the right vertical of Gerson Argueta’s goal.

Diego Auzqui tested his aim with a free kick, but the ball went over the university goal in the 34th minute.

The Blue Cyclone missed the clearest of the match in the 40th minute. Marcelo Pereira’s center from the right, the ball crossed the area to the far post where the young Geovanni Bueso appeared, who with everything to score, shot to the side. You couldn’t believe what went wrong.

When the first half was over, Diego Auzqui enabled Geovanni Bueso, who claimed a great center for ‘El Chino’ López to finish with his head and send the ball to the bottom of the local meshes.

SECOND TIME

The UPN came out with everything in the complementary part in search of the tie and they got it in the 53rd minute. Rembrandt Flores sent the cross from the right and Juan Ramón Mejía beat Jonathan Rougier with a header.

In the next minute, the Honduran nationalized Argentine goalkeeper greatly covered a long-distance shot to send it to the corner.

Raúl Cáceres’s team hit Motagua hard again. Aldo Oviedo lifted the ball into the area and Jairo Róchez, who came in at the start of the second half, headed to the back of the blue net, in the 62nd minute.

‘Machuca’ Ramírez almost signed the third in 72, but Rougier avoided it with a great save.

Motagua has not given up and matched the cards in the 75th minute thanks to one of the changes sent by Diego Vázquez to the field. Kevin López found the ball in the area and shot Gerson Argueta for 2-2.

Arriving at minute 90, Diego Auzqui raised a center and header from Josué Villafranca that went over the university goal.

In the last play of the match, the UPN missed a clear one. ‘Machuca’ Ramírez stole the ball from Omar Elvir, attracted the marks so that only Jairo Róchez could arrive, but his teammate’s pass was smooth and Rougier anticipated.

-DATASHEET:

2 – UPN: 30 Gerson Argueta, 4 Lesvin Medina, 6 Eduars Reyes (26 Samuel Elvir, min. 80), 20 Luis Argeñal, 22 Robel Bernárdez, 47 Luis Álvarez (9 Jairo Róchez, min. 46), 8 Aldo Oviedo (17 Enrique Vásquez, min 80), 10 Rembrandt Flores (11 César Guillén, min 81), 28 Axel Gómez, 29 Juan Ramón Mejía (7 Carlos Róchez, min 88) and 23 Marlon Ramírez.

Coach: Raúl Cáceres (HON).

2 – MOTAGUA: 19 Jonathan Rougier, 12 Raúl Marcelo Santos (29 Carlos Fernández, min.57), 5 Marcelo Pereira, 3 Carlos Meléndez, 33 Albert Galindo, 18 Diego Rodríguez (34 Kevin López, min.65), 16 Hector Castellanos, 31 Diego Auzqui , 14 Geovanni Bueso (8 Walter Martínez, min.57), 7 Iván López (24 Omar Elvir, min.65) and 9 Gonzalo Klusener (26 Josué Villafranca, min.57).

Coach: Diego Vazquez (ARG).

REFEREES: Jefferson Escobar, Walter López, Gerson Orellana and Selvin Brown.

YELLOW CARDS:

Carlos Meléndez – minute 19.

Diego Auzqui – minute 22.

Gonzalo Klusener – minute 36.

Diego Vázquez – minute 61.

Raúl Cáceres – minute 61.

César Guillén – minute 84.

Luis Argeñal – minute 89.

Axel Gómez – minute 90 + 3.