The Royal Spain Honduran qualified this Thursday for the semifinals of the Concacaf League when drawing as a visitor with Costa Rican Herediano 1-1 (4-1 overall), in a game in which the local team crashed into the wall built by the goalkeeper Luis Lopez.
With this result, Royal Spain will be measured in the semifinals with Alajuelense, the third Costa Rican team to face in this tournament played by Central American and Caribbean teams, after leaving Cartaginés in the round of 16 and Herediano in the quarterfinals.
With the 3-1 loss in the first leg last week, Heredian He arrived at this Thursday’s game with the illusion of a comeback, but received a hard blow just at minute 3 when the Honduran team opened the scoring with a resounding header from Getsel Montes on a corner kick play.
From then on it was a monologue of the Heredian in the San Jose National Stadium, but despite his best game, he was unable to score in the first half due to the good interventions of goalkeeper Luis López and the posts.
López avoided the goal against a left-footed shot from Yeltsin Tejeda and after a header from John Jairo Ruiz, it was the turn of the posts that repelled headers from Anthony Contreras and Miguel Basulto.
Ruiz He was also close in a Chilean shot that escaped to the side of the goal of Lopezthe great Honduran figure of the night.
In the second half, goalkeeper López continued as the figure of the visiting team with two great saves against a header from Soto and in a one-on-one with the Brazilian attacker Kennedy Rock.
Nevertheless, Lopez could no longer avoid the equalizing goal in a good team play by Heredian that Anthony Contreras defined with a powerful cross shot at minute 83.
With little time on the clock, Heredian risked everything in the attack, but again the visiting goalkeeper emerged as a hero by avoiding the second goal in a face-to-face with Keysher Fuller.
The last minutes passed between the desperation of the Costa Rican team and the good defensive behavior of the Hondurans that did not grant more scoring chances.
Data sheet:
1. Heredian: Stephen Alvarado; Orlando Galo, Ariel Soto, Miguel Basulto, Keysher Fuller; Yeltsin Tejeda (Jefferson Brenes, m.57), Gerson Torres, John Ruiz; Kenneth Vargas (Enyel Escoe, m.72), Arturo Campos (Kennedy Rocha, m.46) and Anthony Contreras.
Coach: Hernan Medford.
1. Royal Spain: Luis Lopez; Getsel Montes, Franklin Flores, Devron Garcia, Kevin Alvarez; Luis Garrido (Heyreel Saravia, m.69), Mayron Flores (Gerson Chávez, m.81), Jhow Benavidez, Carlos Mejía; Ramiro Rocca (Pedro Baez, m.69) and Carlos Bernardez.
Coach: Hector Vargas.
Referee: The American Armando Villarreal. He admonished Tejeda, Soto, Brenes and Basulto at Herediano; and at Real España to García, M. Flores and Rocca.
Goals: 0-1, m.3: Mountains. 1-1, m.83: Contreras.
Incidents: Second leg of the Concacaf League quarterfinals played at the National Stadium in San José.
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