ANALYSIS: Which team reaches the quarterfinals of Apertura 2021 in the best conditions? | News from El Salvador

East vs. West, that’s how the keys to the quarterfinals of the Apertura 2020 tournament were left. One by one, in CANCHA we review the qualifications at the moment. The historical ones are the favorites to go on tour. However, the “little ones” are ready to surprise in this phase, where the margin of error is minimal.

Eagle, in large flights

Nobody remembers that Águila was the last in the first phase. Migueleños claimed in the second stage of Apertura 2020, in which they finished super-leaders and undefeated.

There will be no sporting advantage for the Apertura 2020 quarterfinals and semifinals

The arrival of the Argentine Ernesto Corti at the feathered bench influenced the reaction of the team that improved in confidence and game system, with 4-3-2-1, in which the midfielders Gerson Mayén and Yan Maciel stood out. These being your best allies Nicolás Muñoz, in attack, which also ended as a scorer in this competition.

Thanks to what was obtained in this case, Águila became one of the big favorites for the title, although against the bulls, the feathered ones have a pending account, because the usulutecus won the two matches they played in the first part of the competition, each match with the same result (2-1).

FIRPO AMONG DOUBTS

With Roberto „Toto” Gamarra, Firpo aroused great sensations. He had a series of four victories that raised hopes. However, due to the way they closed the second phase, the team reflects many doubts.

Injuries also punished the team to suffer this recession, even though players like Marvin Ramos and Panamanian Armando Polo stood out as expected.

Despite the fact that in the last match, the bulls received three goals, one of their biggest strengths is the defense and in attack, excelled the scoring nose of Luis Canales, who ended up becoming the team’s top scorer.

The Usulutecs want to take advantage of their spirits, after winning the series against the feathered ones in the first phase of this tournament, in order to come out stronger in this series of quarterfinals.

LIMEÑO, WITH THE PLANE

Santarroseños did not have a good start to the tournament, which means a change of coaching staff. Nelson Ancheta He arrived from Misael Alfaro and Limeño took the flight, being third in the regional stage until he finished the fight for the leadership of group B. He finished in second place.

Coach Ancheta has given strength in all lines, applying his team philosophy to be a warrior and an effective team. Edwin “El Inter” Sánchez and Hugo Oviedo, one of the scorers of the competition, came to stand out in the approach of the coach who maintained 4-4-1-1.

Against the stockists, with whom they met again in the first stage of Apertura 2020, they organized a fairly uniform series, each winning the match at home. Now, the spoons appear with advantage, by those suspended in jocoreños, but the Investigation required caution and measure, so as not to fall into overconfidence.

GAME DOES NOT EXTINGUISH THE FLAME

The Stockers are the first timers in these cases, because it is the first time they manage to qualify for the quarterfinals of Division I, after reaching this category in 2018.

Stockmen live a dream in their hell. The last tournament was saved from relegation, with the suspension of the competition due to the pandemic. Now, with the loss of seven players and their coach on penalties, he used the pride of campus and reservists to try to accomplish something more in these cases.

The Honduran Carlos Lanza, due to his scoring nose, and the goalkeeper Manuel González, due to his experience, stand out in the scheme of Carlos Romero, who playing at home became a rather complicated team, winning most of his matches on this stage.

THE ALLIANCE, THE ETERNAL FAVORITE

The members of the Alliance are the last champion in the first division, after the 2020 Clause was considered desert, due to the pandemic. Several tournaments took place, so Alianza did not reach these courts of the tournament as a leader. Alianza advanced as the second and although without complications, with a new technical idea, after the dismissal of the Spaniard Juan Cortés, who now replaces Milton “Tigana” Meléndez.

However, the team maintains 4-4-2 in its scheme, which for the beginning of the quarters recovers five players, who in the last game could not be due to suspension, including Marvin Monterroza, Juan Carlos Portillo and Oswaldo Alb.

11 SPORTS, BY CHARACTER

The frontiersmen qualified for the quarterfinals for the first time, at the third tournament in which they participate in the First Division and after being involved in relegation last season.

However, the last tournament the team left good feelings, which have now shown that it was not a coincidence. Hand in hand with the Mexican Bruno Martínez, the team showed a lot of solidity in the game, maintaining a balance between defense and attack, with the reappearance of players such as Fernando Castillo and Tony Rugamas. Also, as a local, the team had a lot of credit, losing only one of the eight games in this scenario.

FAS, BY FORCE

Tour of tigerIn this tournament, he was in a roller coaster cart, with several losses and other increases, due to the irregularities that the team maintained, but they managed to finish the group stage as leaders.

FAS was a team that raised a lot of expectations, due to its reinforcements, although they could not match the idea of ​​Jorge “Zarco” Rodríguez, who hardly found a basic team in which the backbone was Xavi García, Brayan Landaverde and Guillermo Stradella.

As a local, the team did not have the same strength that it had as a visitor, this being the condition in which it obtained the highest score in its favor, by winning four of the five games it played in this condition, in the second phase.

SONSO LOOKS SURPRISED

As in other tournaments, the economic problem once again overshadows the good performance of coconuts, which reappear in these cases, under the technical guidance of Uruguayan Rubén Da Silva.

Sonsonate they were last in the first phase and fourth in the second, with only two games lost in the group stage. It was a team that solved most of the matches with draws and at home, it did not win any commitment in the whole competition. However, the desire for improvement makes them think of their surprise.

Against the tigrillos they meet again, after fleeing to the west, where they got every victory, outside their stadium. For this reason, an equal series is expected against Santanecos.