League Play-Off

Santa Rita Cartago
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tres Rios's Fabricio Brenes started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience thought a goal was coming when Israel Blen got free with Salomon Redondo in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Vinicio Guerrero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santa Rita's supporters rose to their feet, but Vinicio Guerrero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Salomon Redondo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alberto Loria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Rogelio Ortiz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Israel Blen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Salomon Redondo made a huge save. Rogelio Ortiz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabricio Brenes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabricio Brenes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rogelio Ortiz having to make a save. In the 22nd minute Alberto Loria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogelio Ortiz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Salomon Redondo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinicio Guerrero in the 24th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Santa Rita's goal looked a bit too open when Fabricio Brenes came free, but Rogelio Ortiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31stth minute of the game Vinicio Guerrero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tres Rios's Salomon Redondo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Israel Blen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Salomon Redondo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. Rogelio Ortiz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Loria, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Guerrero in the 45th minute of play forced Tres Rios's goalkeeper Salomon Redondo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salomon Redondo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinicio Guerrero, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vinicio Guerrero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Salomon Redondo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinicio Guerrero in the 53rd minute of the match. Santa Rita's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fabricio Brenes 57 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. Otoniel Lehman kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Santa Rita's goalkeeper Rogelio Ortiz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Loria. 68 minutes into the game, Donald Davila was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santa Rita's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tres Rios the free kick. After a rather tough play, Santa Rita's Donald Davila got a free kick in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabricio Brenes in the 69th minute of play forced Santa Rita's goalkeeper Rogelio Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Baltazar Madriz's late challenge caught a Santa Rita's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baltazar Madriz helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Santa Rita booed when Tres Rios was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Baltazar Madriz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Salomon Redondo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Orlich in the 72nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Tres Rios's zone, Israel Blen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salomon Redondo came out of the goal and Israel Blen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Salomon Redondo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinicio Guerrero, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Loria got free with Rogelio Ortiz in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vinicio Guerrero's late challenge caught a Tres Rios's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vinicio Guerrero helped the player get up and apologised. Vinicio Guerrero hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. 1-3 became the score in the 89th minute when Fabricio Brenes elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Salomon Redondo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Israel Blen went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Tres Rios's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.