by Rod Hughes

The new head coach for the First Division’s Perez Zeledon made his debute this week in his teams scoreless tie with Puntarenas–and promptly got thrown out of the game. Fiery Argentinian Alejandro Guintini protested vigorious a referee’s call twice and the second time was fatal, when he marched out on the pitch without authority.

Guintini now must watch the next two matches from the stands and pay a 72,000 colon fine. He defended his verbal altercation with referee Mario Barrantes by saying that Barrantes refused to let him make substituions. “This was despite the injury to Luis Stewart Perez in the first instance and the fact that the opposing team did not have the ball in the second.”

Welcome to Tico soccer, don Alejandro…