League

Internacional
Spectators: 9224 (Terracing: 6919, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Darien Castillo started the match with the kick off. Ulises Sanchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beto Alfaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the UIR Alajuela defense, Omar Sanabria kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ulises Sanchez. The UIR Alajuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ulises Sanchez should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beto Alfaro in the 16th minute of play forced UIR Alajuela's goalkeeper Ulises Sanchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Emilio Lozano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ulises Sanchez was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Ismael Mena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulises Sanchez having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Sanabria in the 22nd minute of play forced UIR Alajuela's goalkeeper Ulises Sanchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Estebe Besim was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 23 minutes into the match. In the 22nd minute, one of UIR Alajuela:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for UIR Alajuela. After a defensive mix-up in UIR Alajuela's zone, Dennis Guevara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ulises Sanchez came out of the goal and Dennis Guevara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emilio Lozano in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ulises Sanchez saved UIR Alajuela from getting behind. Ismael Mena might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ulises Sanchez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ismael Mena ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 37th minute of the match Isidro Leon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ulises Sanchez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of Real Rosario Central booed when UIR Alajuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanley Navarro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39th minute of the match Salomon Esquivel shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ulises Sanchez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 42nd play minutes Emilio Lozano shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Ulises Sanchez and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Sanabria in the 45th minute of play forced UIR Alajuela's goalkeeper Ulises Sanchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emilio Lozano to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Real Rosario Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronald Peralta to maneuver through the defense. UIR Alajuela's Darien Castillo got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Lozano got free with Ulises Sanchez in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute, Henry Chavarria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 61 minutes into the match, Beto Alfaro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ulises Sanchez, 0-5. In the 64th minute, Beto Alfaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vicente Vega's late challenge caught a Real Rosario Central's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vicente Vega helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Real Rosario Central booed when UIR Alajuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vicente Vega didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Omar Sanabria managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Rosario Central's supporters rose to their feet, but Omar Sanabria was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ulises Sanchez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 72nd minute of the match, Beto Alfaro tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ulises Sanchez saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 74th minute, Real Rosario Central's Ismael Mena dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. During the 80th minute of the match Beto Alfaro completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Beto Alfaro a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 81st match minute, Real Rosario Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beto Alfaro to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Ulises Sanchez managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Real Rosario Central's Emilio Lozano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Emilio Lozano put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Ulises Sanchez. Ismael Mena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 96 played minutes Real Rosario Central got a freekick which was hit by Pascual Lopez. Real Rosario Central's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.