National Soccer
The first two games of the first leg quarterfinals of the National Championship were developed. The visiting teams took the triumphs.
Yeltsin Delfino Álvarez was the scorer of Imperial Cobán. (Free Press Photo: Imperial Cobán)
It was a round day for the teams that played as a visit in the first leg quarterfinals of the Clausura 2025 tournament of the National League of Guatemala.
Cobán Imperial took a great result as a visitor on the court of the Santa Lucía stadium in Malacatán, San Marcos, and will assume the second leg, which will be played on Saturday, May 3 at the José Ángel Rossi stadium, With 0-1 advantage.
The team led by Mexican coach Roberto Montoya was superior during the 90 minutes to his rival. Cobán managed the match through his midfield And a solid defensive line, which was attentive to reject the little that Malacateco generated in attack.
The duel, which at the beginning Lucia even, was unlocking at minute eight, when Yeltsin Delfino Álvarez shot Crusade to the goal of Alejandro Peláez who found a diversion of a defender and ended at the bottom of the arch, to put an advantage to Cobán Imperial.
During the rest of the game, the scoreboard no longer moved, and Cobán Imperial will face, thanks to Álvarez’s goal, the return commitment in Alta Verapaz with advantage.
First leg of the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2025 of the National League of Guatemala
This result is added to the Antigua GFC got hours before on Guastatoya, 0-3. Francisco Apaolaza opened the score at the 12th minute, and just nine minutes later, Robinson Flores scored 0-2 to 21.
In the rest of the first halfFormer GFC was the dominatorcontrolling the actions through their midfielders.
On Thursday, May 1, the activity will continue in the quarterfinals of the Guatemalan football.
Mixco will receive Municipal at 3:00 p.m. at the Santo Domingo Stadium, and Communications will visit Marquense’s house at 17.30.
These will be the last first leg of the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2025 Tournament. The turns will take place on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday 4.