National Soccer
Deportivo Mixco won Deportivo Guastatoya 2-0 at the Santo Domingo stadium, thanks to a double of Argentine striker Nicolás Martínez.
Deportivo Mixco won 2-0 local. (Photo: Free Press, Deportivo Mixco)
Deportivo Mixco won Deportivo Guastatoya 2-0 at the Santo Domingo stadium, thanks to a double of Argentine striker Nicolás Martínez, who continues to confirm his role as one of the most lethal scorers of Guatemalan football.
The first half was marked by a even game, with a lot of rubbing and few clear goal occasions for both teams. Mixco tried to generate danger from the bands, while Guastatoya opted for the backlash, although without forcefulness in the rival area.
The story changed in the second part. With two accurate headers, Nicolás Martínez opened and closed the score, ensuring the victory for the “chicharroneros” who made their status as premises in front of a hobby that celebrated each score.
The Uruguayan striker already adds five goals in this tournament, after being the top scorer in the previous campaign. His performance keeps him as the main offensive reference of Mixco and one of the most regular attackers of the National League.
With this triumph, Mixco reaches 16 points of 21 possible, consolidating itself as one of the leading teams at the beginning of the championship. The squad led by Fabricio Benítez shows solidity at home and begins to dream of staying in the upper part of the table.
For his part, Guastatoya is going through a critical moment. The painting led by Daniel Guzmán just adds a point in seven played days, without knowing the victory and sinking in the last place of the classification.
The lack of definition in attack and defensive errors have become a constant for the “chest yellow”, which fail to find solutions despite the variants used in their alignment.
The result confirms the good moment of Mixco and the difficult start of Guastatoya, which must react soon if you want to get out of the bottom and avoid complications in the rest of the tournament.