Progress, Honduras.
Honduras Progress did not fail at the Humberto Micheletti stadium. Jhon Jaio López’s team defeated Victoria 2-1 and took a breather in the general table, moving away from the relegation zone after the dispute on the eighth day of the Clausura 2022 Tournament.
The rice team dominated the game very well and found depth with a great Cristian Sacaza, who continues to be the different player of the progressives.
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Honduras Progreso did its homework better, mainly in the first half, when it created more scoring chances, but it was only accurate in one, with a goal from Erick Andino, who also scored the second goal in the second half.
They were running 17 minutes when a long pass from Colombian Oidel Pérez appeared, which split the ceibeños in two, Cristian Sacaza arrived, who won the bottom line on the right, left his marker on the way with speed and sending a lagged center appeared Erick Andino, who arrived full to open the scoring.
The meeting was thrown to one side, the jaibos looked unrecognizable in the first part, they were completely outmatched on the field.
Andino tried to surprise Harold Fonseca when he saw him gone and raised a left-footed shot in the 20th minute and in the 27th minute, Sacaza sent a free kick into the area and Víctor Arauz headed alone, the ball went just above the Jaibos’ goal .
Harold Fonseca had to force himself to cover a shot by Daniel Quiroz, and Andino had the second in his boots; but he misjudged a ball when he volleyed, he crossed José David Velásquez Colón in time to deflect the ball in the 30th minute.
It was a warning that Honduras Progreso was serious about the duel. Erick Andino pardoned Victoria in the 38th minute. The ‘7’ of the ribereños received a good pass from Sacasa, he was alone in the area and sent it over the visiting goal.
In minute 43, the Jaiba Brava goalkeeper prevented his cabin from falling after blocking a shot from the edge of the box by Julián Martínez after a pass from Edwin Maldonado.
THE COMPLEMENT
Salomón Nazar moved his team, took out winger Arnaldo Urbina, who was having a nightmare with Sacaza, and brought in Kenny Bodden and Carlos Róchez.
Quickly after a free kick by Damín Ramírez in the 62nd minute, the ball bounced off the header of Kenneth Hernández and fell to Kenny Bodden, who tied the game.
But when you have Sacaza with his class you can’t give spaces. In a free kick he made a precise pass to Erick Andino, who arrived fully and sentenced the commitment in the 72nd minute and they got a golden victory.
With this victory, Honduras Progreso already has 14 points ahead of Platense in the fight to maintain the category in the National League.
-DATASHEET:
2 – HONDURAS PROGRESS: 31 Andres Salazar; 8 Víctor Araúz (12 Dixon Ramírez, min.90+5), 33 Óscar González, 5 José Quiroz (Selvin Guevara, min.46), 4 Oidel Pérez, 2 Ángel Barrios; 15 Edwin Maldonado, 27 Julián Martínez (17 José Ángel Domínguez, min. 80), 10 Cristian Sacaza; 30 Leslie Heraldez and 7 Erick Andino (Richard Mercado).
Coach: John Jairo Lopez.
1 – VICTORIA: 1 Harold Fonseca, 2 José Velásquez Colón, 17 Marlon Flores, 6 Kenneth Hernández (14 Hilder Colón, min. 74), 18 Arnaldo Urbina (Kenny Bodden, min. 46), 16 Allan Banegas, 31 Marcelo Canales (Carlos Róchez, min. .46), 10 Damín Ramírez, 30 Luis Hurtado (José Danilo Tobías, min. 46), 9 Marco Tulio Vega and 24 Yaudel Lahera (7 Alexis Vega, min. 83).
Coach: Solomon Nazar.
Referee: Raúl Castro showed a yellow card to José Daniel Quiroz, Oidel Pérez, Andrés Salazar, Kenny Bodden, José Velásquez Colón and Richard Mercado.
