Olimpia edges Real Espana behind Dibble’s two goals

TEGUCIGALPA (Interstat) — Olimpia, the home side, defeated Real Espana 2-1 on Thursday at Estadio José de la Paz Herrera Uclés, powered by Nicolas Dibble’s two goals. Dibble opened the scoring in the 42nd minute, then restored Olimpia’s lead in the 55th. Real Espana’s Eddie Hernandez equalized in first-half stoppage time, in the 45th minute plus five. Dibble also received a yellow card in the 14th minute and was substituted in the 68th. The match produced 11 yellow cards, including bookings for Olimpia’s K. Pena, J. Benguche, J. Jean-Baptiste and E. Menjivar, and Real Espana’s R. Osorto, D. Vuelto and D. Sayago. Olimpia’s K. Pena and R. Garcia were substituted in the 63rd, Dibble in the 68th, and J. Benguche and J. Alvarez in the 81st. Real Espana made substitutions in the 27th, 61st and 77th minutes. Olimpia improved to 7 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws in the competition and across all competitions. Real Espana moved to 6 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws in the competition and across all competitions.