After six years, Old GFC and Municipal They will be face to face in the dispute for a league title, and this Thursday, May 15, the first chapter will be written, where both institutions want to end up reigning in the Clausura 2025 tournament.
Reaching the final gives them the plus of being the best teams in the championship, but it is useless if they do not get the crown that left Xelajú Mc available.
Colonial and red have made a sports rivalry grow in the last years that today has them at doors to face for the fourth time In the history of short tournaments in a final.}
Antiqueña supremacy
The first time they faced was in the 2016 Opening Tournament. Municipal and Antigua GFC ended in the first and second position, and the competition format directly classified them to the semifinals.
The Reds left Deportivo Malacateco and the antiques to communications. It was the first pulse between the finalists and municipal painted as a favorite, by history.
Antigua GFC surprised to win the first leg (2-1) and Municipal managed to match the series in the second game (1-0). Everything was defined from the penalties and the antiques won dramatically and with a great performance by their goalkeeper Víctor Bolívar, silencing the Doroteo Guamuch Flores stadium.
A year later, fate found them again and Municipal, which was referring to the Panamanians Blas Pérez and Felipe Baloy, Next to the Paraguayan Éver Hugo Almeida on the bench, he wanted to recover the dominance of Guatemalan football, but the story was repeated again.
Mauricio Tapia took his magic again and guided the colonials to their third title, putting them among the most successful departmental teams.
Bini arrives at the rescue
Municipal was in a sports crisis and the directive gave the vote of confidence to Sebastián Bini, who in his novatez as a coach returned to the team to the cusp.
What better way to do it than charging revenge against former GFC. The Reds took advantage in the first leg (1-0) with a goal by Rudy Barrientos and on the return they matched (2-2), thanks to the goals of Othoniel Arce and Alejandro Díaz, who went from being his executioner when he militated in the Panzaverdes and became the hero of the conquest of title 31.
On the eve of a new battle, the Reds want their desired title 33 and match in the end won the representative of Sacatepéquez. Same desire for Tapia and their led, who will seek again to overcome scarlets and achieve their fifth title in history.
Injured in Municipal
Municipal announced the state of health in which the players are Darwin Torres and José Martínezwho suffer from different injuries.
The players are among cotton for the first leg of the final against Antigua GFC. Torres presents a muscle contusion and Martínez an abdominal blow, a product a Shock with his goalkeeper Kenderson Navarro, so he will be out of the final.
Tickets are on sale
The directive of Antigua GFC announced the sale of its tickets for the final game against Municipalthat will be played tomorrow from 7 pm.
Tickets can be purchased at your portal www.antiguagfc.com with prices of Q225 La Tribuna and Q150 Preference and General. Children also pay their entry to the thoughtful stadium. At least 10,000 fans of the green and white team are expected.