The Taurus from Panamaachieved a point this Thursday by drawing goalless against Motagua in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Concacaf League (North, Central America and Caribbean Football Confederation).
The match, played at Jose de la Paz Herrera National Stadiumturned out to be a bad deal for Motagua, who missed the chance to win at home by failing Angel Tejeda a penalty shot, at minute 83, which could change the result.
in the first time Motagua He had greater control of the game, but with few arrivals in the rival area, and it was until the 12th minute that Héctor Castellanos surprised with a powerful shot from outside the area that grazed one of the verticals of the Tauro goal, defended by Eric Hughes .
At 17, again Castilians He tried with another shot, but without danger to the Panamanian club, which tried to surprise the counterattack, but without breaking Motagua’s defensive bolt.
The Taurus they were looking to do damage with Jan Vargas and Ronaldo Córdoba in attack, while Motagua did it with Iván López and Ángel Tejeda.
In the second half, the changes made by both teams did not bear fruit, and although Motagua continued to seek victory, Walter Martinez, Ivan Lopez, and Angel Tejedacould not define on three clear occasions in the Taurus area.
Jonathan Nunezof Motagua, He also tried from outside the area, but his shot went over the goal of the Panamanian team, which did a good job in defense.
The clearest opportunity was Angel Tejeda at minute 83, who crashed the ball into one of the corners of the rival goal in a penalty shot, due to a foul against defender Marcelo Santos.
The pass to the semifinal will be defined on the 19th, when the Motagua visit Taurus in the second leg of the competition.
Data sheet:
0. Motagua: Jonathan Rougier; Carlos Meléndez, Marcelo Pereira, Denil Maldonado, Marcelo Santos; Diego Rodríguez (Carlos Medina m.55), Héctor Castellanos (Christopher Meléndez m.89), Jonathan Núñez, Mauro Ortiz (Walter Martínez m.55); Iván López (Eddie Hernández m.68) and Ángel Tejeda.
Coach: Hernan Medina.
0. Taurus: Eric Hughes; Jorge Gutiérrez, Gustavo Chará, Luis Asprilla, Irving Gudiño: Víctor Medina (Hilberto Peralta m.67), Omar Valencia, Rolando Botello, Miguel Camargo (Richard Rodríguez m.77); Jan Vargas and Ronaldo Córdoba (Edilson Carrasquilla m.88).
Coach: Francis Pearl.
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderon, from Costa Rica. He showed a yellow card to Ronaldo Córdoba, Hilberto Peralta and Gustavo Chará, from Tauro.
Incidents: Concacaf League quarterfinal match played at the José de la Paz Herrera National Stadium, in Tegucigalpa.
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