LIVE: Motagua defeats Marathón in the semifinal of the first leg with a goal by Rubilio Castillo – Diez

Good evening, welcome to the narrative of the game between Motagua and Marathón!

min.40 GOOOAAAL – Motagua From eleven steps, Rubilio Castillo puts the blues to win the Marathon in the Nacional.

Min.39 PENALTY for Motagua. Referee Melvin Matamoros sanctioned a very clear hand of Bryan Jhonson.

Min.35 Denovan Torres’s cover to a violent shot by Kevin López that crossed it with great danger.

Min.31 Rubilio fails again; The striker Motagua went only in the area, but his shot ended up in the hands of Denovan Galileo Torres.

Min.26 Klusener’s half-round shot that comes out too soft in the hands of goalkeeper Torres.

Min.24 Yellow card for Marlon Ramírez de Marathón, he knew what he was doing there and it worked.

Min.17 Kervin Arriaga’s free-kick is easily deflected over Rougier’s goal.

Min.16 Yellow card for Mathías Techera from Marathón, he knew what he was doing there and it worked.

Min.12 It was a dipping freekickby Rubilio Castillo but it didnt quite do enough and hit the bar after beating Torres and his despairing dive.

Marathon defender John Paul Suazo plays ball with Walter Martínez Betanco from Motagua. Photos TEN-Alex Pérez

Min.9 Cover shot by Denovan Torres by Walter Martínez. Las Vegas goalkeeper Victoria Yoro received the ball in two innings.

Min.8 Gonzalo Klusener’s bomb coming out of the course. It is the clearest that the blue ones had. The action was born after a center sent by Elvir.

Min.3 Edwin Solani deflected the center in the first dangerous action generated by sampedranos.

Min.2 Foul shot of Rubilio Castillo that was sent near the left post of Matías Galvaliz. ‘

Min.1 The game started at Nacional. Motagua will try to avoid the Green Monster champion at all costs.

18.15 11 Marathon: Denovan Torres, John Paul Suazo, Bryan Jhonson, Mathías Techera, Luis Vega, Luis Garrido, Allan Banegas, Kervin Arriaga, Marlon Ramírez, Edwin Solani, Bruno Volpi. DT Hector Vargas

18.37 Marathón stayed in Comayagua on Sunday and this afternoon they moved to the capital for this commitment. They’re coming back tonight to prepare for the return game.

18.31 This is how Motagua is formed: Jonathan Rougier, Omar Elvir, Wesly Decas, Cristhopher Meléndez, Marcelo Santos, Héctor Castellanos, Walter Martínez, Matías Galvaliz, Kevin López, Gonzalo Klusener and Rubilio Castillo. DT Diego Vazquez

18.30 The teams are already on the national field and are doing their calisthenics work before tonight’s engagement.

See. DIEGO VÁZQUEZ AND HIS THOUGHT ABOUT THE MARATHON

The duel is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Diego knows he has to get a good income, because the return will not be easy at Yankel Rosenthal, where the pursuers are strong, but Olimpia, whom they recently defeated, says so.

Marathon stayed in Comayagua After Sunday’s match, coach Vargas took his players out of the routine, who yesterday shared a New Year’s Eve dinner with the club’s president, Orinson Amaya, who came to motivate them.

See. EXPLOSIVE STATEMENTS BY HÉCTOR VARGAS

The new format for the moment gives Marathón the advantage that it will have a complete team for this commitment after the previous game. The Blues get a little rested because they had a long week after they eliminated Platense a week ago.

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