Tico Teams Take Care of Business
All 3 Costa Rican teams did what they had to do to get to the semifinals of the UNCAF tournament. Perez Zeledon tied 2-2 with Firpo of El Salvador to advance 6-2 in the global score.
Alajuela swam to advancement after a 1-0 loss to Municipal in Guatemala. The game was played in a severe rainshower, although the field at Mateo Flores held up well, the puddles made the going tough.
Saprissa survived a hijacking in Honduras to advance. Evidently the real Saprissa players (the ones that won 4-0 last week here) were snatched upon arrival and some imposters were played by the coach. Those clowns lost 4-0 to Marathon and the series had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Each goal keeper stopped 2 shots in the mandatory 5 shot shootout, but in the tiebreaker the Honduran player struck the crossbar and Gerald Drummond of Saprissa put his shot through to clinch the series for Saprissa.
Olimpia of Honduras plays at home tonight against Suchitepéquez de Guatemala, they are winning 4-1 from their victory in the away match. Saprissa will face the winner of this series.
PĂ©rez Zeledon and Alajuela will play in the other semifinal. Saprissa and Perez will be hosts in the opening matches on Octubre 18 & 19 , the return matches will be played on the 25th and 26th.