The Municipal team beat Comunicaciones 1-0 in the Classic Nacional 337, played at the Manuel Felipe Carrera stadium, in an intense match. The only goal of the match was the work of José “El Flaco” Martíneza result that allows the red team to reach 32 points and assume the momentary leadership of the tournament.
For Comunicaciones, the defeat is especially painful, since, in addition to giving up the classic, it becomes complicated again in the accumulated table, where the risk of fighting for relegation reappears.
From the start, Municipal showed greater offensive intention, while Communications opted for a cautious approach. To the minute 10, the cream team had its first approach in a corner kick; After the rebound, Ernesto Monreal finished, but the shot went wide.
Municipal responded after a loss of the youth Samuel Camacho, which led to a clear action. Trinidadian defender Aubrey David took a powerful shot that crashed into the post defended by Fredy Pérez. Shortly after, in the 20th minute, Camacho left the game due to injury.
However, in the 23rd minute, Dairon Reyes tried from outside the area, although his shot went wide of Braulio Linares’ goal. Four minutes later, on a corner kick, Costa Rican José Mena connected with a header, but the ball went over the goal.
Municipal was close to opening the scoring in the 28th minute, when Pedro Altán took off two rival players and shot, but Fredy Pérez responded with a great save. A minute later Comunicaciones responded through , Janpol Morales tried again, although without direction to the goal and that was how the first 45 minutes of the game passed.
The goal that sparked the party at El Trébol
In the second half, both teams came out with the intention of searching for the rival goal. At minute 51, a cross from Robles found the head of Omar Duarte, but the Municipal goalkeeper contained it without problems.
In the next play, the Reds wasted a clear chance: Altán failed to connect in front of the open goal and the ball went wide.
Altán tried again in the 61st minute with a powerful shot, but again Fredy Pérez appeared with a double intervention. However, at the minute 62, the insistence was rewarded. In a corner kick, José “El Flaco” Martínez, with an accurate header, beat the cream goalkeeper to make it 1-0.
After the goal, Municipal sought to extend the advantage. In the 71st minute, Altán took another dangerous shot that Pérez sent to the corner kick. In the next play, Martínez himself was close to scoring his double, but his shot passed close to the cream goal.
Communications, forced to react, looked for a tie more out of necessity than ideas. A Pineda center could not be connected by Agustín Vuletich, a reflection of the albos’ lack of offensive clarity.
Municipal, well planted in defense, managed the timing of the game. At minute 84, Fredy Pérez once again avoided the second goal in a one-on-one matchup with Jonathan Franco.
What’s coming
With this victory, Municipal breaks a streak of four consecutive classics without victory, on the next day, the red team will visit Marquense.
For its part, Comunicaciones will face a key match for permanence when it receives Guastatoya at the Cementos Progreso stadium, in a duel in which the margin for error is zero.