Deportivo Marquense gave the surprise of the final phase by eliminating communications after defeating him in round of the quarterfinals with a global score of 3-2 and with that progress to the semifinals.
The lions made history, since they had never been able to overcome creams in a final instance and this makes them dream of being back in a final.
Those led by the Costa Rican strategist Hernán Medford knew how to apply to the game system and it was in the first leg where he took the advantage he needed to know how to handle the series in his favor to leave one of the always called favorites to dispute the title.
At the end of the commitment, Medford congratulated his players for having behaved at height in terms of tactically worked and did not hide his satisfaction to eliminate the cream team.
“Winning a team as communications knows well. The work of the boys has been very good; I have to congratulate them because in the end one is due to them. Tactically applied well in both games ”, mentioned.
Medford had as its main goal to save the descent and then think about being in the finals.
Of the two objectives, one achieved, while the most important one escaped from his hands and Marquense visited his return to the First Division.
Although the institution of the lions still has the hope of recovering three points that were removed by the theme of Xinabajul Huehue and the inclusion of Ramiro Rocca, who could not play with three teams in the same season.
Of achieving it, Marquense would get to stay in the National League. While that happens, they continue en route to the dispute for the title and that joy, nobody removes them.
“From the first game I had stress, especially for being playing the descent, More for me that is the first time I have to play one, but in this football race there is everything. I I assumed the challenge and we managed to reach this part that is to classify and reach semifinals ”, confessed.
Medford admits that his team has made sufficient merits to be in this phase and that the fight against the other, municipal.
“Now we will continue in the fight, against another of the greats such as municipal. The team has made merits, it is where it is; This is the tournament and we must accept that Marquense is classified in a semifinal. We hope that the people of San Marcos enjoy it because it is not every day left to a team as communications of the fight, he said.
The Costa Rican strategist, among smiles, said that Land the party to those who had predicted a final between the two large calls of Guatemala.
“I think everyone was waiting to see a final between the two greats of Guatemala, but we put the party. I don’t know if we will arrive at that final, but it is worth dreaming and that in the next 180 minutes the best wins, ”he said.
In addition, he confessed that Play against Municipal motivates them, although it will not be an easy series, But if something is sure is that a good scare could give the scarlet set, which in the classification phase could not beat Marquense in both games.
“We will play against the big other and that knows better. We leave out communications because we cannot do it against municipal. It will not be easy because What is municipal nobody takes it away, but we can well hit them, But always with a lot of respect for a large team in Central America and that motivates, ”he concluded.
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