National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aurelio Badilla took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vitaliy Krasitskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reiner Fallas in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, Giovanni Lehman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitaliy Krasitskiy. Kazakhstan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Giovanni Lehman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Frank Mora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ippolit Bulanov in the 7th minute of play. Frank Mora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klim Kostygin in the 10th minute of play. After 11 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Chunche Montero. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Reiner Fallas in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vitaliy Krasitskiy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klim Kostygin in the 18th minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Frank Mora to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Klim Kostygin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Mora was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Klim Kostygin got free with Frank Mora in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vitaliy Krasitskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Badilla in the 26th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aurelio Badilla in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vitaliy Krasitskiy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Frank Mora made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ippolit Bulanov in the 39th minute of play. Frank Mora showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ippolit Bulanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 46th minute, Aleksandr Leonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the game, one of Kazakhstan:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 48 minutes of play, Costa Rica's Jorge Luna made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vitaliy Krasitskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Klim Kostygin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Frank Mora took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduard Ponomarev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurelio Badilla hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Vitaliy Krasitskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurelio Badilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ippolit Bulanov kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Costa Rica's Alfonso Mejias was substituted for Aurelio Badilla. Costa Rica's Alain Duarte was substituted for Giovanni Lehman. In the 69th match minute, Kazakhstan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ippolit Bulanov to maneuver through the defense. Vitaliy Krasitskiy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfonso Mejias went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After 78 minutes, Alain Duarte mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costa Rica and the Kazakhstan players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 78th match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alain Duarte to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute Eduard Ponomarev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Mora saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kazakhstan's Vitaliy Krasitskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Kazakhstan from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Kazakhstan defense, Alfonso Mejias kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vitaliy Krasitskiy. The Kazakhstan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vitaliy Krasitskiy should have stopped the shot. In the 89th minute of the match, Jorge Luna got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vitaliy Krasitskiy was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Vitaliy Krasitskiy was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Alfonso Mejias capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alfonso Mejias really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. After some fancy dribbling in the 98th minute, Jorge Luna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Jorge Luna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vitaliy Krasitskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.