Firpo defeats Alianza and breaks the undefeated target of 11 matches

Firpó won at home and beat the championship leader, achieving a new home victory in the tournament and staying in the qualifying positions.

Luis Canales and Jomal Williams were in charge of giving victory to the pampero team that traced the initial goal of Marvin Monterroza.

Firpo broke the 11-game unbeaten run by Alianza of not losing and managed to defeat him for the first time at the Sergio Torres since they were promoted to the first division again.

Alianza arrived at Sergio Torres as the leader of the Apertura and with 11 consecutive games of not knowing defeat.

For its part, the home team came from drawing against Platense and staying anchored in the middle of the table, contesting the fifth and sixth position of the contest.

For this meeting, Milton Meléndez surprised in the line-up including the three centrals such as Mena, Mancía and Romero, only that the ‘catracho’ did it in containment work. Another novelty was the appearance of Rodolfo Zelaya as a benchmark in attack without the presence of scorer Duvier Riascos.

The match began intense with both teams trying to find the rival goal. At 4 minutes, Alianza had the first approach with a free kick on the edge of the area that was deflected by the Pampero rear. Immediately, the home team reached González’s area through Williams and Da Silva. Behind the wall, Jomal was knocked down in the area but the judge did not penalize.

The following minutes were of inconsequential dominance on the part of the two teams.

About minute 20 ‘, the pampero box tacked a beautiful play on the right sector that ended with a shot from Jefferson Polío that went near the right post of Mario’s goal.

After the hydration break, there were exciting minutes in the meeting. Firpo continued attacking on the right wing with Polío who won the baseline and served inside the area for Wesley da Silva, who could not defeat Mario González when the Pampero fans prepared the goal cry.

GOAL
Alianza immediately took advantage of a counterattack with Michell Mercado on the left side and served at ground level for Marvin Monterroza to get to define without any mark and beat Joel Almeida who launched himself to his left side but could not stop the shot of the midfielder from National selection.

The emotional blow was noticed in the Usluteco team and the albos were able to increase the count two minutes later after Ezequiel Rivas won the baseline and sent a center that Juan Carlos Portillo did not take advantage of by closing on the far post. The left winger sent his shot to the side of the goal of Almeida, who had remained static before the appearance of the ‘cabrita’.

SECOND TIME
For the complementary stage, Gamarra sent Luis Canales and Edgar Cruz to the field seeking to react in the match. In the first few minutes, Wilson Rugama had the opportunity to even things out with a shot from ground level but Mario González dressed as a hero by stretching and sending the ball to the corner.

Firpo began to look for the aerial game and each time they began to win individual duels in the capital area.

TIE
So much momentum brought its reward and Luis Canales managed to score in minute 57. Firpo generated an option with Jomal Williams who sent a deep pass to Edgar Cruz and when he was in front of González he chose to assist and Canales defined an empty goal.

The Gamarra team began to tilt the game in their favor and was clearly dominating it. On minute 67 ‘, the pampero team went up on the scoreboard after Jomal Williams sent a powerful shot outside the area that stayed on the right side of the Alba goal and left Mario with no chances.

For the last 15 minutes, Mrléndez commanded all the artillery with Riascos and Arboleda in search of a tie. Precisely, the top scorer of the contest had his chance to have a hand in hand with Almeida and sent his shot to the side of the rival post drowning out the goal cry among the white supporters.