The National selection from The Savior lost 1-2 to him NK Istra 1961 in the first of the two friendly matches that the Cuscatleco team has scheduled in Croatia. With a goal from Joshua Perez At the start, the Azul team let the “Verudezi” team come back in the second period of the match with two goals from Ilicic.
HERE THE FULL MATCH
The game was divided into three 30-minute halves and Salvadoran coach Hugo Pérez varied among his teams as time passed.
Positive and negative aspects left the first meeting of Azul in Europe. El Salvador started the match by pressing the exit of NK Istra, which was complicated by the Cuscatleca team.
Thanks to this high pressure, Hugo Pérez’s men found the advantage in just 4 minutes of play. A great collective action between Juan Carlos Portillo and Marcelo Díaz gave Joshua Pérez the opportunity to close a center in the small area, so the ball ended up entering the Istra cabin.
| The training ends together with the NK Istra 1961 club from Croatia
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July 2, 2021
The subsequent minutes were also dominated by the national team, which once again found the best version of Narciso Orellana, marking the balance in the midfield.
Hugo Pérez’s pupils kept proposing in attack, but didn’t get another clear play to score a goal.
About 20 minutes, Istra tried to react on offense to try to tie the game. But deep down, Kevin Carabantes was right and covered a heads-up against 24 minutes into the game, saving La Azul from Istra’s first goal.
THIS WAS THE GOAL OF EL SALVADOR
As part of the collective training, after the first 30 minutes, both El Salvado and Istra changed some players. Amando Moreno, David Rugamas, Marvin Monterroza, Isaac Portillo, Romulo Villalobos, Darwin Cerén, Walmer Martínez, among others, entered El Salvador.
La Azul continued to feel good, but Istra improved considerably and the game became more even than in the first half hour of the game.
ERRORS COST EXPENSIVE
In the second half hour, El Salvador gave in to Istra’s comeback after presenting defensive errors. The first goal of the Croatian team came after an error at the start that gave way to a counterattack where Ilicic defined after the departure of Kevin Carabantes.
Two minutes later, another error at the start cost him the second goal for Azul. This time it was a more elaborate play for Istra down the left wing, where after a cross, Ilicic scored again against El Salvador.
Initial line-up and roster of players that Hugo Pérez had in the friendly against NK Istra.
THE FINAL STRAIGHT
In the third period, Hugo Pérez took to the field several players who participated in the beginning, but El Salvador could not tie the score so they had to settle for the negative result.