Malacateco and Cobán Imperial open their participation in the 2026 Apertura Tournament this Saturday at the Santa Lucía stadium starting at 7:00 PM in a duel between two teams that arrive with the need to improve what was shown in the previous tournament.
The Toros led by Carlos Robles had a complicated Clausura 2026, finishing in tenth position in the table in the regular phase with 22 points, leaving them outside the qualifying zone for the final phase of the championship in what was one of their worst recent campaigns in the National League.
Cobán Imperial, for its part, comes to the match under the direction of Ramiro Cepeda after having been eliminated in the quarterfinals of Clausura 2026 against Deportivo Mixco.
The Blue Princes will seek to start the Apertura 2026 with a victory that gives them confidence for the next rounds while Malacateco needs to add points from the beginning to avoid repeating the irregularity that left them out of the final phase in the previous tournament.
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