Coatepeque fined Q 43k and 1 game suspension to the stadium. Not drastic enough. http://www.guatefutbol.com/index.ph...ias-de-la-liga/item/7680-suspenden-el-estadio Municipal will have to wait until the next tournament to play at the Israel Barrios. Iztapa also fined, 50k, for attempting to bribe referees. http://www.guatefutbol.com/index.php/noticias/liga-nacional/iztapa/item/7681-les-imponen-multa
This sanction was revoked yesterday, and another high-risk match will be played in Coatepeque. http://guatefutbol.com/index.php/no...as-de-la-liga/item/7750-jugarán-en-coatepeque Disgusting.
How the fvck? This is a disgrace. Jimenez couldn't risk the suspension with the elections so close. So instead, Municipal's players are at risk. Unbelievable.
Average attendance per team according to Soccerway.com : http://us.soccerway.com/national/guatemala/liga-nacional/20132014/apertura/r21946/ The Estadio El Trébol is listed at 10k, but I thought it was more like 8k after the 2012 additions. Carlos Salazar looks high too, I don't think it seats more than 11k. Code: Team Venue Avg Min Max Capacity % Sold Coatepeque Estadio Israel Barrios 4.664 2.306 10.138 20.000 23 % Municipal Estadio El Trébol 3.059 1.218 4.467 10.000 31 % Xelajú Estadio Mario Camposeco 2.820 1.906 3.660 11.200 25 % ComunicacionesEstadio Cementos Progreso 2.468 457 7.216 17.000 15 % Marquense Estadio Marquesa de l… 2.113 895 4.100 9.000 23 % Suchitepéquez Estadio Municipal Car… 1.594 540 4.105 12.000 13 % Xelajú Estadio Marquesa de l… 1.480 573 2.387 9.000 16 % Mictlán Estadio Winston Pineda 1.325 246 2.403 14.000 9 % ComunicacionesEstadio Nacional Mate… 1.114 885 1.342 29.950 4 % Heredia Estadio Del Monte 899 296 1.917 9.000 10 % Malacateco Estadio Municipal San… 805 333 1.486 7.000 12 % Mictlán Estadio La Asunción 592 227 1.201 3.000 20 % Universidad Estadio Revolución USAC 420 161 904 5.000 8 % Halcones Estadio Comunal de l… 255 129 573 3.000 9 % Iztapa Estadio Armando Barillas 205 61 641 10.000 2 %
Only 5,250 tickets on sale for the Clásico #276, Sunday at 12:00 EST, which for the first time ever will be played at the Estadio Manuel F. Carrera "El Trébol". http://rojos.selecciondeguatemala.net/2013/11/el-clasico276-se-jugara-en-el-estadio.html
Unfortunately my guess is that they will actually sell some 7000 tickets and not report the difference. I hope to be wrong.
Quite possibly the best goal of the tournament so far [1:18]. Municipal, however, failed to put this one to bed and ended up losing points to the last-placed team.
THE YOUNGSTERS TO THE QUATERFINALS AND ALL CHAPINES: Haga click para aumentar (((AUDIO))) Melgar consiguió clasificar a los leones. El técnico nacional Francisco Melgar y Deportivo Marquense aseguraron su participación en los cuartos de final del torneo Apertura, luego de haber empatado 3-3 con Xelajú MC el pasado sábado en el estadio Mario Camposeco. “Es importante para nosotros; es una cancha difícil y Xela es un gran equipo que tenía una necesidad grande de conseguir los tres puntos” dijo Melgar sobre el resultado obtenido en Quetzaltenango, “Nosotros también veníamos a tratar de sumar de a tres para consolidarnos en una tercera o cuarta posición” apuntó el estratega nacional, que consiguió llegar a la siguiente ronda del campeonato a falta de dos fechas. Melgar habló del partido ante los chivos y expresó que Marquense mereció el resultado: “En el segundo tiempo nosotros llevamos la iniciativa siempre, con la pelota al piso, con mucha movilidad tratando de buscar el marco contrario y se hizo justicia al final”. “Siempre se dan pasos positivos; hemos ganado credibilidad y mucha confianza” mencionó Melgar, ya que, si bien los leones no han alcanzado el título del torneo, se han metido en la fiesta grande; una fiesta a la que al inicio del torneo pocos pensaban que estarían invitados. Escuche las declaraciones de Francisco Melgar, técnico de Marquense:
Last matchday of qualification stage. All matches 12:00 EST JORNADA 22 Deportivo Mictlan vs Universidad SC CSD Municipal vs Deportivo Marquense CD Suchitepequez vs Deportivo Malacateco Club Xelaju vs Coatepeque Deportivo Heredia vs Iztapa Halcones FC vs CSD Comunicaciones Halcones, Suchi, Xela, Mictlán fighting for the last 2 playoff spots. All 4 play at home! 7 Halcones FC............ -11 26 pts 8 CD Suchitepequez.... -1 24 9 Club Xelaju............... -2 24 10 Deportivo Mictlan -18 24
Xela eliminated dramatically, they were short one goal despite beating Coatepeque 4-1. Final table: 1.Comunicaciones 44 +29 2.Municipal 44 +24 3.Heredia 35 +9 4.USAC 35 -6 5.Marquense 34 6.Halcones 29 7.Malacateco 28 8.Suchitepéquez 27 +2 ----------------------------- 9.Xelajú 27 +1 10.Mictlán 24 11.Coatepeque 19 12.Iztapa 16 Playoffs (first leg visiting team first) Comunicaciones - Suchitepéquez Municipal - Malacateco Heredia - Halcones USAC - Marquense
Quarterfinals, first leg Marquense's 3rd goal (by 22-year old Edwin Fuentes Leal, defender from Tiquisate) is phenomenal.
Quarterfinals 2nd leg results: Municipal 2-1 Malacateco (agg. 4-3) Comunicaciones 0-0 Suchitepequez (agg. 2-1) Universidad 1-0 Marquense (agg. 1-3) Heredia 4-0 Halcones (agg. 4-0) Semifinals schedule: 1st Leg: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 21:00 EST Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada Marquense - Comunicaciones Thursday, Dec. 5, 14:00 EST Estadio Del Monte Heredia - Municipal 2nd leg: Saturday, Dec. 7, 21:00 EST Estadio Mateo Flores Comunicaciones - Marquense Sunday, Dec. 8, 12:00 EST Estadio El Trébol Municipal - Heredia I predict these will be some of the tightest semifinals between department and capital teams in a long time.
Thompson will be back February 24th after completing his 2 year suspension. http://guatefutbol.com/index.php/noticias/liga-nacional/coatepeque/item/8296-refuerzo-de-lujo
Due to suspensions and injuries, Comunicaciones might start an all-Guatemalan XI to face Marquense, which means 22 domestic players could start the semifinal tomorrow. Historic.
Marquense - Comunicaciones live: http://www.guatemaladecorazon.blogspot.com/ Marquense: -------------------Rodríguez --------Alvarez,-EFuentes-B.De León KMérida-Grajeda-Noriega(c)-M.De León-KVelásquez, ----------------Brown-- JOrtiz Comunicaciones: ---------------JJ Paredes(c) ---------Castrillo-Vásquez-Lalín Figueroa-Aparicio-Márquez-Rafa Morales -----------------Contreras ------------Arreola-Campollo Todos Chapines!
Marquense - Comunicaciones live: http://www.guatemaladecorazon.blogspot.com/ Marquense: ------------------Rodríguez --------Alvarez,-EFuentes-B.De León KMérida-Grajeda-Noriega(c)-M.De León-KVelásquez, ----------------Brown--JOrtiz Comunicaciones: ---------------JJ Paredes(c) ---------Castrillo-Vásquez-Lalín Figueroa-Aparicio-Márquez-Rafa Morales ----------------Contreras ------------Arreola-Campollo Todos Chapines! 11' Yellow for JJ Márquez. Intense match with shoving and hard tackling. 16' First attack by the visitors, Campollo slides to make a shot but Rodríguez responds well. 22' FK by Grajeda from the left, 20m, low, to the far post of Paredes who saves spectacularly. 29' Out step cross by Contreras from the left, Rodriguez handles, JJMarquez grabs the rebound and shoots from 30m, but the local GK controls that as well. 32' Kenwi Velasquez outduels Castrillo, manages to cross. Subsequent CK from the right is innocuous, but a 2nd CK from the same side finds the head of Kincho Álvarez. 33' GOL Marquense 39' Out JJ Marquez, in Brayan Ordóñez 45' Furious low showt from 30m (Contreras?), nice save by Rodríguez HT
48' Brown wins a ball in the area, bad marking by Enoc, Brown shoots right footed to far post, Paredes great deflection to CK. 59' Cross by Contreras from the right, GK controls and launches counter via Brown, who beats Enoc again and also the next guy, but crosses too hard and wide. Attendance is reported at 9300 by national TV. 67' Great first touch by Arreola towards goal, he is fouled. FK taken from 25m by Contreras, 1m too high. 78' Contreras fouls Brown, 30m FK is taken by Edwin Fuentes in a similar fashion as the goal he scored vs. USAC, but not as accurate or strong. 85' Grajeda wastes a free kick from the right, sends it wide. 88' Very harsh foul by Castrillo on Kenwi V. Castrillo out for the 2nd leg on yellow cards suspension. Final: Marquense 1-0 Comunicaciones. Second leg to be played Saturday at the Mateo Flores. Best players of the Game were Johnny Brown and el Cholo Noriega, IMO. I don't think it's going to be enough for Marquense to make it to the final, but, we'll see.
Heredia trashes Municipal 3-0 on the first leg of that other semifinal, and it could have been a greater difference based on the footage below. Golazos by Shaka Shaka and Miranda.
Comunicaciones 4-0 Marquense (4-1 agg.). GK J.J. Paredes equalized the series via PK. Late in the 2nd half, a great goal by Jairo Arreola put it to bed. Congratulations to Marquense, Paco Melgar took them pretty damn far considering their predicted fate at the beginning of the season was relegation. Hopefully they pick up some endorsements and continue the great work.
Municipal 1-1 Heredia (1-4 agg.) Heredia advance to their second consecutive final vs. Comunicaciones. 2013-14 Apertura Final Thu Dec 12 14:00 EST Heredia-Comunicaciones Sat Dec 14 19:00 EST Comunicaciones-Heredia