Hit the albos at the key moments and were named champions of the Apertura 2020 by striking an eagle whose proposal to keep the ball and add elements did not prosper for an alliance of a thousand revolutions at the key moments.
It started as a whirlwind and ended like a train. The pachyderms hit when the Eagle looked better with the ball and thus determined the final. Jonathan Jiménez unblocked the game with a shot from outside the area that ended the first half. Moreover, Alianza managed to hold on to the ball with an absolute Migueleño team and finished it in the last part with goals from Fito Zelaya and an own goal from Dixon Rivas.
In this way, the Alliance added their crown 15 in the first division with punch and unbeaten led by Milton Meléndez, who changed the face of the team until he took it to the crown.
There were no mysteries on the part of either coach about their starting teams. In the case of Milton Meléndez, he sent the team that beat the FAS in the semifinals, giving continuity to Isaac Portillo in midfield to provide Narciso and Monterroza with oxygen in their creation and destruction functions.
From Corti, he stayed with the team except Fabricio Alfaro, who supplied Wilson Rugama, an important element but could not be due to injuries in the previous stage against the stokers.
After the initial nerves, the Alianza began to develop its dynamic football, looking for the bands to open up the spaces. In the ninth minute, he almost paid off with a break from Bryan Tamacas to send the low center to the far post. Juan Carlos Portillo needed a few inches to connect to what appeared to be the first of the game.
At minute 17, the chance went to “el Clavito” Portillo, after a cross from the left and the midfielder was alone in the lead but sent him to one side. It was a long sigh for the feathered specimens surpassed in the game. The answer was a long shot from Muñoz after an error in the start of the pachyderma defense.
To make matters worse, the Alliance added another option in the boots of Míchell Mercado, who left the Quejada mark on the edge of the area, sending the rifle that barely deflected past. It was a constant tour … but from the capabilities of the capital.
The Eagle tried to stop the opponent’s attacks based on possession. That enabled him to arrive at minute 26 with a collective play on González’s frame that ended with a great save from the intended goal. The black-orange intention was to have patience and to keep the ball straight in front of the opponent.
That was the road map of the people of Miguelens who were already more present on the rival frame after half an hour of play. He began to disrupt and add elements to González’s hut, winning two turns and sending three centers that managed to control the defense. The albos lost a key element with the departure of Tamacas, injured, sharply reducing the number of arrivals from the right.
It was Flores who got his chance to score after Mercado playing over the left. He sent the center for the arrival of Flores who connected but sent it. But when Águila seemed calm, Jonathan Jiménez’s goal came. The left-handed side took advantage of an oversight in the make to gain ground, sending the rifle that beat Villalobos 1-0 on 41.
It was a low blow to the black-and-orange aspirations and a boom for the albos, who at 44 ‘had the second in a market overflow to downtown at the arrival of Narciso, who unexpectedly failed in solitude. To do this, the game had to be liquidated in the first half.
Already in the complement part, Corti started making his moves in the schedule and little by little he consumed the pachyderm momentum. This is how Marlon da Silva, Víctor García and Dixon Rivas came in, with which the Eagle gained fame.
For example, Ronald Rodríguez’s options were counted, just in the restart he missed with a header in a corner kick. Later it was for Da Silva that he did not reach a center in Mayén. And later one of Muñoz, who did not connect the closure of a center and had the band.
It looked like the Eagle had run for miles, but as the minutes passed, he took over the ball and the actions, albeit without specifying. It was then that in one of the plays typical of the albos, one of pure revolution and speed, he ended the finale.
“Cabrita” headed a long ball to win the baseline and saw the arrival of Fito Zelaya, who had just entered the field of play. The white battering ram sent her to the bottom with a gunshot in the area and the Eagle became unresponsive.
On top of that, Zelaya had one more heads-up with Villalobos, but he couldn’t finish. However, on 84 ‘came the third when “Clavito” threw a shot, but Dixon Rivas turned it off for his own goal and the 3-0. With this, the Alliance held on to the end and was named the Champion of the Apertura 2020 to reach the two-time championship.