EDITORIAL. With a poker from the best Honduran striker today, Érick ‘Yío’ Puerto: This is how Platense FC won 1-4 in their visit to CD Choloma at the start of Matchday 18 of the 2025 Apertura Tournament of the National League, on Friday night in a match played at the Rubén Deras.
The ‘Maquila City’ witnessed Puerto’s impressive scoring ability. The player had an impressive return with the ‘Tiburón’, after having been marginalized from the Honduras national team.
‘Yío’ was part of Reinaldo Rueda‘s call-up in the last matches in which the ‘Bicolor’ failed in their attempt to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. However, the strategist decided not to use the forward.
On Friday, in his return to action at the local level, Puerto scored two goals in the first half and another two in the additional time of the game against CD Choloma, on Matchday 18.
This poker (when a player scores 4 times in the same game) excited the fans who came to Rubén Deras. In Choloma the forward was applauded, chanting his nickname: “Yío, Yío, Yío, Yío…”
Once replaced, the now top scorer of the Opening 2025 With 15 goals in total, he was fired to applause. Furthermore, the player left in tears, as his mother was watching him in the stands.
«Very happy and happy to return with Platense. My mom came, she was watching me play,” ‘Yío’ commented to TVC after the duel. Also, he referred to his situation with ‘H’: “I will continue working, this is just beginning for me.”
After this result, CD Choloma was badly hit and relegated to penultimate place in the table with 11 points. For its part, the ‘Shark’ climbed to sixth place in the standings, adding 22 points.
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Regarding the process of this commitment, it is worth mentioning that once the central referee David Cruz indicated the start, Platense FC went all out on the offensive for the victory.
The ‘escualos’ took the lead on the scoreboard in the 4th minute with a score by Erick Puerto. The forward, who had just been with the National Team, closed a great collective play by the Buenos Aires team to open the scoring.
However, and beyond that Puerto is a great scoreron Friday he found himself with a very simple second goal, which came after a blunder by Jeison Truque, CD Choloma’s Colombian goalkeeper.
It was in the 23rd minute that Carlos Pérez sent a long ball into space: Although the play seemed under control for the Cholomeños goalkeeper, suddenly, he slipped on his way back and the ball ended up slipping out of his hands.
As a consequence, Puerto did what an attacker should do: he trusted the goalkeeper’s mistake, ran until the end and only had to push the ball to make it 2-0. Despite the advantage, the team Choloma He managed to score seven minutes later.
However, in the second half, ‘Yío’ Puerto continued his scoring streak. He found his third goal of the night with a powerful left-footed shot that beat Truque, celebrating with a euphoric shout.
Finally, the forward signed his personal poker in the 86th minute, sealing a memorable performance for Platense. Thus, Platense FC won 1-4 on the visit and Puerto reached 15 goals.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Lineups
- Choloma cd: Jeison Truque, Axel Alvarado, Yethson Chávez, Marco Aceituno, Hesler Díaz, Leider Anaya (Brayan Castillo), Yeison Mosquera, Gefreey Ramos (Milton Núñez), Julio Bernárdez, Yasser Santos (Jordi Franco) and Jainer Bermúdez (John Paul Suazo).
Technical Director: Jorge Pineda (HON)
- Platense FC: Javier Orobio, Carlos López, Brandon Santos, Ofir Padilla (Oslan Velásquez), Samuel Pozantes, Elías García, Manuel Salinas (Christian Hernández), Carlos Pérez, Eduardo Urbina (Ilce Barahona), Erick Puerto (Jaison Arriola), Georgie Welcome (Aldo Fajardo).
Technical Director: Raúl Cáceres (HON)
Referee Team
- Central: David Cruz
- Line 1: Edwin Romero
- Line 2: Javier Martínez
- Room: Kevin Ulloa
- Adviser: Carlos Fajardo
Game Actions
5′ Goal by Platense FC (É. Puerto)
19′ Goal by Platense FC (É. Puerto)
27′ Gol de CD Choloma (L. Anaya)
73′ Goal by Platense FC (É. Puerto)
86′ Goal by Platense FC (É. Puerto)
Banns
Bermúdez, Núñez y Santos by CD Choloma
Odir Padilla of Platense FC
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