On the second date of the Central American Cup 2035, the Xelajú de Guatemala thrashed the visitor Águila de El Salvador while the San Miguelito de Panama tied at the house of the municipal also of Guatemala.
“The superchivos” of the Xelajú bent in Guatemala City 3-0 to the Salvadoran eagle and consolidated as the second of the D of the Concacaf contest.
With a goal in the first half and two in the second, the team led by former selector Amarini Villatoro won his second victory in the tournament, since last week he beat Hercules at home, also from El Salvador.
The first two annotations for Xelajú arrived through two former Guatemalan communications players, one of the two most popular clubs in the Central American country: Jorge Aparicio and Antonio de Jesús López.
Aparicio opened the score at the 26th minute with a shot from outside the area, impossible for goalkeeper Benji Villalobos.
López, former player of Mexicans America and Necaxa, established the 2-0 with a header in the 48th minute after a center from the left wing of the Brazilian Romário da Silva.
The last goal of the Xelajú painting was from Paraguayan Pedro Báez in added time.
Águila had one of his clearest goal options in the 78th minute with a header from Walter Pineda.
The match meant the debut of Águila in the current edition of the Central American Cup, which leaves it in third place in Group D below Xelajú and Olimpia, both with 6 points.
The game took place at the Cementos Progreso Stadium in Guatemala City, since the Xelajú stadium, Mario Camposeco, in the department (province) of Quetzaltenango (west), is not endorsed by the Concacaf for international clashes.
Xelajú came from winning at home last week to Hercules 0-2 with goals from Da Sivla and Báez himself.
On the third day the Guatemalans will receive Real Estelí de Nicaragua, while Águila will be local of Hercules in a Cuscatlec team match.
Uncomfortable visit
On the other hand, the Guatemalan municipal ceded a 1-1 draw against Sporting San Miguelito Panamano on day 2 of the Central American Cup 2025.
Visitors put themselves at an advantage in the second minute of play by means of a header of midfielder Martín Ruiz at the exit of a free kick released by Yair Jaén.
The score silenced the almost 8,000 people who filled the El Trébol stadium in Guatemala City, the municipal headquarters, which officially premiered its electric lighting for night matches.
Municipal undertook the recovery of the rudder of Argentine midfielder Cristian Hernández, whose boots came in the 32nd minute to Rodrigo Saravia to leave everything the same.
The local team, led by the Nicaraguan Guatemalan Mario Acevedo, threw himself into the attack in search of triumph, but without clarity in the last stitch in the goal of Marcos de León.
The “Chapina” formation could unbalance in the final stretch of the match with a free kick released by José Carlos Martínez, who conjured the goalkeeper “Canalero”, as well as the flight to divert a header from the Cuban Yasniel Matos in the 94th minute.
The result left the municipal taste, which on the first day of Group B of the Central American Cup tied 1-1 in the Nicaraguan Diriangén payments.
Municipal fell to third position of the classification. On the third date he will receive the Honduran Spain. And on the last day he will visit the Costa Rican Herediano.
Meanwhile, San Miguelito, who adds a point after his debut in the contest, will receive Diriangén, current leader of Group B with 4 points next week.
