by Rod Hughes

It took only three minutes in the second half for Saprissa to even things up against Las Brujas of Escazu yesterday, but not until after Brujas had given the Tibas team a scare during a well-played first half.

Saprissa, playing on its home turf, found itself trailing 1-0 at half time, due to veteran Victor Cordero’s being made the inadvertant author of a self goal at minute 20. What we wouldn’t give to hear what Saprissa coach Jeaustin Campos had to say to his charges at halftime!

Whatever it was, it must have been good because Saprissa took the fiel a different team, tight on defense and full of ideas about offense. After 65 minutes of play, Hairo Arrieta tied it up and three minutes later Alonso Solis took a pass from Jose Luis Lopez to win the game.

After having problems like his teammates during the first half, midfielder Walter Centeno was brilliant during the second half. And Lopez, who struck the ball at Cordero only a few feet away for the self-inflicted goal, finally redeemed himself.