Tauro and Sporting, start LPF

Taurus and Sportingopen it Final tournament 2023, with the slogan, lift the title at the end of the tournament in Panama Football League (LPF)).

“Academy” receives “Toro” today at Los Andes Stadium at 20:00, both aiming to improve on their performance from the last Apertura 2023.

A team of San Miguelito which was directed by a Spaniard David Doniga, they made a pre-season tour of Costa Rica, where they faced teams like Saprissa, Herediano and it was put together for the tournament that starts today.

doniga He adds that he has an advantage in managing Sporting, which is that he knows Panamanian football, since he was an assistant coach Thomas Christiansen in the Panama national team.

I feel comfortable, for me this is not a debut, but continuity and I am happy to return home, said the Spaniard about his arrival in LPF.

Sporting has been the protagonist, at least in the last three tournaments when it was managed by Brazilian Felipe Boroswky, playing three semi-finals and one final, which is a high measure for the Spaniard. Doniga.

“Academy” is ready for a new tournament, just waiting for the first whistle.

“There are many positive wishes,” reads the leaflet Alexis Corpasabout a date with an old man known to him, such as Taurus.

“It’s spicy to play against Tauro, mainly because it’s the first game at the beginning of the tournament,” Corpas said.

Sporting still dreams of raising its second star in the highest category of Panamanian football, the first was achieved with Atnhony “Chalate” Torres in Clausura 2013.

For his part, Tauro is the most successful in national football with 16 cups, which is a challenge for a novice coach like Felipe Baloy.

“I am proud and happy to lead the team that has won the most titles in the country. This season we have a rematch and we are going to fight for the title,” said Baloy.

Sporting and Bik they played in the semi-finals of the last Aperture 2023, which was won by “Bikovi”, but in the final they were eliminated by CAI from La Chorrera.