This Sunday, strong emotions will be lived in the back matches of the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2025 Tournament of the National League of Guatemala. Two of the largest teams in the country, municipal and communications, their classification to semifinals are played against rivals that arrive with renewed aspirations. The day promises intensity, goals and a lot of drama.
At 3:00 p.m., the El Trébol stadium will be the scenario where the leader of the regular, municipal phase receives Deportivo Mixco. The first leg ended with a goalless draw, so the Reds will seek to weigh their location and their favorites to ensure the pass among the four best of the tournament.
Municipal, directed by Sebastián Bini, arrives with the pressure to close a series that seemed accessible on paper. However, Mixco has demonstrated defensive solidity and tactical ordercomplicating the scarlets in the first duel. The margin of error is minimal and any carelessness could cost very expensive in this instance.
On the other side, at 6:00 p.m., the Cementos Progreso Stadium will witness another high voltage duel: Communications faces Marquense in a crash that looks uphill for albos. In the first leg, the Lions imposed 2-0 at the Marquise Stadium of the Ensenada, leaving the capitalists against the ropes.
Communications, forced to trace, need to win by difference of three goals if you want to advance without penalty. The coach Ronald González must bet on an eleven offensive from the start to find the miracle and keep alive the illusion of fighting for the national title.
Marquense, meanwhile, comes with the advantage but without margin to relax. They know which communications has squad, experience and hobby to reverse the series. The lions will seek to resist the attack cream and take advantage of any space to sentence the tie with a goal that would be worth gold.
Both matches will be closely followed by the fans, which hopes to meet the last two classified to the Guatemalan football semifinals. They are already installed in the next Imperial Cobán Ronda and Antigua GFC, which won in their respective series against Malacateco and Guastatoya.
This Sunday’s day defines much more than two semifinalists. It will also mark the closure of the season for two clubs that dream of moving forward, and that will leave everything on the court to continue in the race for the title of Clausura 2025.