Rebecca Henriquez
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Matchday 21 of the Clausura 2024 tournament became one that will be remembered most, given Santa Tecla’s relegation to the Second Division and the five teams classified for the quarterfinals of the championship. This is the summary of the day.
Santa Tecla completed its descent on Saturday night and Firpo became the executioner. The Tecleño team became a team in the Second Division of El Salvador soccer when they fell to the Usulután bulls, at the Sergio Torres Rivera stadium, after the goals of Styven Vásquez (77′) and Enrique Rivas (90′) .
It should be noted that before the home team’s goals, Gonzalo Tarifa scored the first that gave the green team encouragement at 30′, but Allan Ocon’s red card (6′) and the team’s carelessness in the second half put an end to it. to the hopes of the greens.
Another of the teams that was on the tightrope of relegation and on which Santa Tecla depended to confirm its farewell to the first was Jocoro, who lost 0-1 at the Ramón Flores Berrios stadium, due to Marvin Ramos’ goal at 70′ However, the key defeat helped the fire team to stay in the First Division, but they moved away from the classification zone.
Alianza did not relinquish the lead for another date, to extend its points streak and moved 5 points away from Firpo in the table. The albos sealed the result 3-1 at the Cuscatlán stadium, thanks to goals from Sebastián Julio, Iván Macías and Emerson Mauricio. For Fuerte who came to visit the capital, only Christofer Galeas scored in the 75th minute, with no opportunity to reverse the score.
Another of the teams that also had a favorable day was Isidro Metapán, which beat Platense 2-1 at the “Calero” Suárez stadium. Jonathan Esquivel at 31′ gave the Jaguares the lead, but, on the return from halftime, Daniel Silis at 57′, put the score in the Roosters’ attempt to seek a comeback; However, at 78 Guillermo Stradella scored 2-1 for the local team.
The border tank and the FAS did not hurt each other in the Simeón Magaña stadium. The Tigrillo team arrived at the home of 11 Deportivo in search of the three points that gave them classification to the second phase of the tournament; However, the Aurinegros did not give them the opportunity to open the scoring, the match ended with one point each after 0-0.
At the Juan Francisco Barraza stadium, in San Miguel, the Migueleño derby went to Águila, who with goals from Gerson Mayén, Walter Torres and Ronaldinho Caicedo took the victory.
The feathered ones were one of the classifieds that left the day while the Dragon will have to look for the results in the coming dates.
Classifieds
With only two dates left until the regular phase of the Clausura tournament ends, the first six qualifiers for the quarterfinals were confirmed.
Alianza, the undisputed leader of the tournament, was the first to qualify and currently has 41 units, below is Firpo with 36, Águila and Municipal Limeño with the same amount. And the last two teams to enter are 11 Deportivo and Platense with 31, in the fifth and sixth box, respectively.
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