League Play-Off

Nicoya Tibas
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrei Paniagua kicked off to start the match. Reynaldo Fallas was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Luis Mejias. Raul Jarquin hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Andrei Paniagua sped through Naranjo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Reynaldo Fallas. After 18 minutes of play, Pingones FC's Andrei Paniagua made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reynaldo Fallas was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 22 played minutes Pingones FC got a freekick which was hit by Luis Mejias. The crowd rose to their feet as Andrei Paniagua kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Reynaldo Fallas. That made the score 3-0 in the 24 minute of play. 28 minutes into the game, Michael Oses was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pingones FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Naranjo the free kick. After a rather tough play, Pingones FC's Michael Oses got a free kick in the 28th minute. Elmer Arrieta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Virgilio Barquero went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 41 minutes, Salvador Mata managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pingones FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Salvador Mata was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Andrei Paniagua fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reynaldo Fallas having to interfere. Giovanni Paniagua received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Reynaldo Fallas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Virgilio Barquero to make the kick off. Giovanni Paniagua fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reynaldo Fallas having to interfere. Andrei Paniagua scored 5-1 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Reynaldo Fallas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Pingones FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Michael Oses hit a great ball. Giovanni Paniagua struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Reynaldo Fallas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pingones FC. Elmer Arrieta made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Wilbert Huetar sent off a good shot on target. Elmer Arrieta had great luck who in the 75thth minute grab hold of the ball when Virgilio Barquero from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Giovanni Paniagua sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 84th minute, Giovanni Paniagua ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Reynaldo Fallas was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. If Giovanni Paniagua had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd minute, Giovanni Paniagua left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pingones FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pingones FC fully deserved thier win.