A brace from Lezcano and another goal from Santis lead Communications to victory over Mixco
The Doroteo Guamuch Flores Stadium was the stage where the Communications teams and Deportivo Mixco met on matchday 14 of the 2022 Opening Tournament.
In the preview of the match, two teams are mediated in very different conditions: The white team arrived with the possibility of becoming the leader of the tournament and their last two games ended in victories (0-1 vs Guastatoya and 1-0 against Xinabajul, the latter with controversy).
Deportivo Mixco for its part, arrived with the great need to get points from one of the most complicated visits on his calendar. In their last five games, the chicharronero team had 3 losses and 2 draws, which kept them in possession 11th in the table and led to the dismissal of Julio Gómez as coach of the institution.
The game started with a good paceboth teams sought to attack the spaces that the rival defense and it was in the 13th minute that Yonathan Pozuelos stole a ball from Robles and gave it to Agustín Herrera, he left the ball to Esteban García, who beat Kevin Moscoso with a powerful shot to make the 0-1 in favor of the visit.
In the minutes after Mixque’s goal, Communications took possession of the ball and approached the goal defended by Kenderson Navarro with a long shot by José Manuel Contreras.
It was in the 26th minute that Contreras himself leaked a ball into the Mixco area and Óscar Santis-who also scored against Xinabajul– appeared behind the defense and tied the game 1-1.
Around minute 37 Francisco Cavallo y Azarias Londoner staged an event that could have ended badly for the Communications player, the Panamanian pushed the Argentine and he ended up on the ground, the referee did not consider that it was for something else and put an end to the dispute with a yellow card for each player.
#Opening2022 They are fighting!
Francisco Cavallo and Azarías Londoño went to blows after a corner kick
They both got booked @CreamsOfficial 1-1 #mixco pic.twitter.com/BNTMzwIFQk
– ThisIsLaLigaGT (@ThisIsLaLigaGT) October 9, 2022
In the second half the control of Communications was clearer, the 11 players from Mixco came to be defending in their half of the field.
In the 54th minute, Londoño and Cavallo collided again inside the area defended by Mixco and the central referee Julio Luna interpreted, with the help of his assistant, that the Panamanian committed a foul and expelled him after showing him the second yellow card.
Despite playing with one less, Communications did not stop insisting and almost made it 2-1 when Santis gave the ball to Lezcano (who came on as a substitute) and the Tico-Guatemalan sent his header to the crossbar.
A few minutes later, at 75 ‘, Lezcano, who had missed a great opportunity seconds before, sent the ball to the bottom of Mixco’s goal after a header, Kenderson Navarro collaborated in the action, the goalkeeper miscalculated his exit and was half way.
In minute 84, Communications had a free throw play and Andrés Lezcano scored his brace After a prepared play in which José Contreras surprised the Mixqueña defense by filtering the ball under the barrier, Lezcano took advantage and signed the second in his personal account.
Finally, the game ended with a 3-1 victory for Comunicaciones and the white team rose to the top of the table with 23 points. Those of Willy Coito will be leaders and will be waiting for the results of Cobán Imperial and Municipal on Sunday.
GREAT PLAY AND GOAL
Contreras takes a free kick and assists Lezcano; he alone sends the ball into the net.They said excuse me and passed as if they were at home.
The creams, with one less player, totally superior to Mixco in the second half.
Creams 3-1 Mixco pic.twitter.com/p3aECFlSe4
– Mynor Mazariegos (@mynor_free) October 9, 2022
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