by Rod Hughes
Alajuela’s soccer club coasted painlessly into the quarterfinals of the Uncaf Champion?s Cup yesterday, by knocking out Isidro Matapán of Salvador with a scoreless tie. The “manudos,” as the Alajuela players are nicknamed, fairly well suffocated their rivals in Jorge El Calero Suarez.
The Costa Rican team will meet Real España of Honduras in the first quarterfinal game.
The Salvadorans struggled to mount an attack and the first attempt was after nearly 20 minutes of play—a kick straight into the hands of Alajuela’s capable goaltender Wardy Alfaro. An offside call nullified Alajuela’s frist attack and those two plays set the tone of a game that can only be termed “restful.·