National Soccer
This Sunday, April 20, the Lions receive Xelajú at the Marquesa stadium in La Ensenada. Seven years ago, on April 13, 2018, Xelajú arrived in San Marcos and with a triumph 2-1 sealed Marquense’s decline in that season.
Xelajú MC and Marquense face at 7:00 p.m. at the Marquesa de la Ensenada on Day 20 of the Clausura 2025. (Photo: Press Libre, Miguel Linares)
Soccer has moments that become painful coincidences, and Marquense is very close to reliving one of the toughest in its recent history. This Sunday, April 20, the Lions receive Xelajú at the Marquise Stadium of the Ensenada for Day 20 of Clausura 2025, in a match that could mark their Mathematical descent to the First Division.
But the most shocking thing is that exactly seven years agofate was the same. He April 13, 2018, Xelajú arrived in San Marcos And with a triumph for 2-1 He sealed Marquense’s descent in that season, leaving an open wound in Lions’s fans.
That game was won with goals from Édgar Macal and Mario Castellanos For superchives, while Diego Ruiz Discounted to Marquense. Of that Xelajú team that signed the Marquense descent, They still remain on the current squad Héctor Moreira and Javier Gonzáleztwo players who could relive that football episode again again.
Today, the calendar and context seem to play with the memory of the lions. The rival is the same, the pressure is the same, and the possibility of losing the category is also again on the table. Marquense is forced to win to stay alivesince it currently has 32 points In the accumulated table, seven less than Guastatoya (39), with two remaining days to dispute.
A draw or a defeat against Xelajú would leave Marquense with very limited numerical options or, even without the possibility of achieving salvation. If Marquense does not add the three points today and Guastatoya manages to score on the next day, the history of 2018 would be repeated again, with Xelajú as the executioner of the lions.
For its part, Xelajú arrives with the urgency of adding To stay in the classification zone to the league, since it is right in the cutting line. A triumph would not only keep them in fight for the two -time championship, but also send Marquense again to Marquense.
Football has memory, and this Sunday could be a new chapter marked by history, drama and regional rivalry.