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Nuevo Guararé Estadi
Spectators: 6814 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 0) Javier Rios started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alejandro Villalobos during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Nuevo Guararé was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Villalobos to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Mora in the 10th minute of play forced Nuevo Guararé's goalkeeper Jose Torrijos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute, Emanuel Mora left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sioguí Arriba fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Nuevo Guararé's Alejandro Villalobos got his second yellow card of the match in the 18th minute. The referee ordered Alejandro Villalobos off the ground. In the 18th minute, one of Nuevo Guararé: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 Nuevo Guararé. In the 21st minute there was a penalty for Sioguí Arriba. Jose Lao stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jose Torrijos. 0-2. Cesar Mora hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Antonio Carranza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonidas Herrera having to interfere. Rolando Smith hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute Cesar Mora shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Torrijos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Nuevo Guararé getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Javier Rios hit a great ball. Antonio Carranza scored 1-2 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leonidas Herrera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jose Torrijos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Mora in the 42nd minute of the match. Antonio Carranza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Leonidas Herrera managed to avoid a goal in the 47thth minute, when Nuevo Guararé's Matias Sánchez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Mora to make the kick off. Leonidas Herrera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Carranza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jose Torrijos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Trejos in the 62nd minute of play. After having played for 76 minutes, Francesco Ortega managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nuevo Guararé's supporters crossed their fingers, but Francesco Ortega was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Leonidas Herrera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Carranza in the 79th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 81 minutes, Jose Torrijos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 81st minute, Javier Rios hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesar Mora in the 84th minute of play forced Nuevo Guararé's goalkeeper Jose Torrijos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Nuevo Guararé getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Javier Rios hit a great ball. Jose Torrijos made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Cesar Mora sent off a good shot on target. When Javier Rios fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nuevo Guararé's protests and gave Javier Rios a yellow card for diving instead. Emanuel Mora received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jose Torrijos came out and tried to block the shot, but Emanuel Mora slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 89th minute. Nuevo Guararé's Matias Sánchez got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Although Nuevo Guararé had been in control for most of the match, Sioguí Arriba still came away with the win.