2023-03-16
Monumental! historical! Sublime! Put the synonym you want, what has been achieved by motagua it is plethoric. eliminated the Pachuca in the very Hidalgo stadium with a 1-1 tie to advance to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League with the away goal after the 0-0 draw in the first leg.
Still don’t believe it? well it is pure truth. And to make its merit bigger, the Ciclón Azul went down to the current champion of Mexico and stood up for Honduras after the painful eliminations of the Olympiad at the hands of Atlas and Royal Spain frente al Vancouver Whitecaps.
The game.
motagua came against all odds against the tubes and ended up breaking all the sports pools. Only the most optimistic blue fan thought to celebrate the ticket and he deserves all the congratulations.
One thing is clear, the Ciclón Azul lived up to the demands. The presence of Marlon Licona It was the great novelty in the 11 esteler with respect to the first duel that ended goalless at the Olympic stadium the week before in San Pedro Sula.
A shot to the post Luis Chavez in a bad start and in the next play the ball almost slipped between his legs, he went from being nervous for Licona to being the great figure.
A left-footed shot from outside the area to the side of the Argentine’s goal Oscar UstarisIt signified the greatest projection in the Blues’ offense. The approach nullified much of the Pachucawho was without ideas and reaching despair.
The chofis lopez He had two chances in front of the Ciclón Azul goal and missed them. Nobody found the key to open the lock in the series, the closest of all the matches in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
motagua He continued to be well positioned on the pitch and a brilliant center of Christopher Melendez appeared on the left with a cross to Gaspar Triverio and the gaucho narrowly scored at minute 65. Then came the recital of stops from Marlon Licona, essential also in the game.
illian hernandez He only entered and with his header he sent the ball into the net to make it 1-0 at minute 72. However, the motagua he did not stand idly by. They steeled themselves before the celebration of the premises.
At 85, with the knife between their teeth, they went on the attack, Eddie Hernández lowered his chest, gave the ball to Mejia slipper who centered for Roberto Moreira and the Colombian Oscar Murillo He committed a very clear penalty that Eddie himself came to execute with great bill three minutes later.
The stopwatch touched the 100th minute and the final whistle came from the Salvadoran Ivan Barton to unleash the madness of the blues and conquer the Aztec territory. His rival will be the powerful tigers.
TECHNICAL SHEET OF PACHUCA vs MOTAGUA
(1) PACHUCA – Oscar Ustari; Kevin Alvarez, Gustavo Cabral, Oscar Murillo, Maurice Isaiah; Eric Sanchez, Luis Chavez, Eduardo Lopez (Roberto de la Rose, 63′), Francisco Figueroa (Aviles Hurtado, 75′); Romario Ibarra (Marino Hinestroza, 57′) and Christian Arango (Ilian Hernandez, 63′).
DT: Guillermo Almada (ARG)
Goals: Ilian Hernández 72′.
Yellow cards: Gustavo Cabral, Cristian Arango, Óscar Murillo, Avilés Hurtado, Erick Sánchez.
Red cards: –
(1) MOTAGUA – Marlon Licona; Christopher Melendez, Marcelo Pereira, Marcelo Santos, Wesly Decas; Jonathan Nunez (Walter Martinez, 77′), Juan Delgado, Gaspar Triverio (Hector Castellanos, 74′), Ivan Lopez (Carlos Mejia, 57’/Diego Rodriguez, 90+5′); Eddie Hernandez and Lucas Bell (57′).
DT: Ninrod Medina
Goals: Eddie Hernández 88′.
Yellow cards: Wesly Decas, Juan Delgado, Marcelo Santos.
Red cards: –
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Stadium: Hidalgo, Mexico
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
