National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aurelio Badilla started the match with the kick off. Frank Mora showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Portugal in the 3rd minute of the match. Jorge Luna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Máximo Correia having to interfere. Máximo Correia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reiner Fallas in the 9th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Reiner Fallas notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Portugal's Máximo Correia. Máximo Correia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 18 minutes into the match, Yuri Portugal notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Costa Rica's Frank Mora. Frank Mora was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alberto Davila got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Vítor Bettencourt sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Costa Rica's Frank Mora didn't even have to move. 25 minutes in the game Giovanni Lehman did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aurelio Badilla. Máximo Correia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reiner Fallas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Máximo Correia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reiner Fallas in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute Yuri Portugal 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. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Costa Rica's goalkeeper Frank Mora, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 45th match minute, Portugal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Osório to maneuver through the defense. After 45 played minutes, Costa Rica's Chunche Montero shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Máximo Correia came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Costa Rica reached it. Giovanni Lehman's late challenge caught a Portugal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giovanni Lehman helped the player get up and apologised. Giovanni Lehman hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute of the match Vítor Bettencourt sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Frank Mora skillfully saved the ball. After the first half Portugal were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yuri Portugal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Portugal's Máximo Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leo Calvo in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Badilla in the 55th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Máximo Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Yuri Portugal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Mora was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Frank Mora showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Portugal in the 62nd minute of the match. Portugal made a substitution. Fabiano Portela replaced Ruben Dias. Portugal's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vítor Bettencourt in the 64th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in José Cunha heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 70 minutes into the game, Yuri Vargas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Portugal's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Costa Rica the free kick. Yuri Vargas hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Portugal made a substitution. Maxim Tsigalko replaced Yuri Portugal. The audience was convinced that Alfonso Mejias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Máximo Correia was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. 74 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Tsigalko came free, but Frank Mora reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Alfonso Mejias sped through Portugal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Máximo Correia. Maxim Tsigalko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Frank Mora having to make a save. 81 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goalkeeper Frank Mora had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maxim Tsigalko. Wilmer Guadamuz kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After 91st play minutes Alfonso Mejias shot 3-3, a short shot which went by Máximo Correia and just under the crossbar into goal. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.