League Play-Off

Paraiso Cartago
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carlos Nuñez took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 minutes of play, Herradura AFC's Buenaventura Acuña made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Irvin Arce was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12thth minute of the game Vicente Camacho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paraiso's Irvin Arce was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Buenaventura Acuña received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Irvin Arce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Buenaventura Acuña cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Irvin Arce was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Macho Lehman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Minor Murillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Macho Lehman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Macho Lehman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Minor Murillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Macho Lehman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Minor Murillo having to interfere. Carlos Nuñez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Minor Murillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Macho Lehman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Carlos Nuñez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paraiso's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlos Nuñez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Minor Murillo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 42nd match minute, Herradura AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Ulloa to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Paraiso's Maikol Varela tried to score from far away in the 43rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 45 minutes into the match, Carlos Nuñez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Minor Murillo, 2-2. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The supporters of Herradura AFC booed when Paraiso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismael Medina didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 55 played minutes Paraiso got a freekick which was hit by Julio Villafranca. The supporters of Paraiso booed when Herradura AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Berny Quiros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Macho Lehman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 64th minute, Macho Lehman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Minor Murillo was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Heriberto Gamboa during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Paraiso getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Heriberto Gamboa hit a great ball. Herradura AFC's Buenaventura Acuña got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Buenaventura Acuña had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Macho Lehman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Minor Murillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rafael Ulloa kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 84th minute, Vicente Camacho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vicente Camacho's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Irvin Arce firmly grabbed it by the left post. Paraiso's Carlos Nuñez got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paraiso's Carlos Nuñez got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Macho Lehman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Minor Murillo having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Paraiso had played much better football throughout.