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Nicoya Tibas
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Pingones FC's Salvador Mata got a free kick in the 4th minute. Pingones FC's Elmer Arrieta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saul Ugalde in the 7th minute of play. When Mariano Soto fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pingones FC's protests and gave Mariano Soto a yellow card for diving instead. Mariano Soto hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Pablo Bolaños's late challenge caught a Graga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pablo Bolaños helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, Pingones FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pablo Bolaños to maneuver through the defense. 15 minutes into the match, Alfonso Herrera notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Pingones FC's Elmer Arrieta. Elmer Arrieta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chunche Leiton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pablo Bolaños, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chunche Leiton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovanni Paniagua in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes of play, Pingones FC's Andrei Paniagua made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chunche Leiton was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th minute Giovanni Paniagua shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chunche Leiton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Graga's goal looked a bit too open when Salvador Mata came free, but Chunche Leiton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Graga's Chunche Leiton got control of the ball when Andrei Paniagua tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pingones FC's Mariano Soto shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 36th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Chunche Leiton but with some difficulty. Chunche Leiton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salvador Mata in the 37th minute of the match. Graga's Chunche Leiton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Graga from getting a goal against them. Chunche Leiton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salvador Mata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute, Andrei Paniagua made a precise shot to the right of Chunche Leiton. Graga's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alfonso Herrera made a kick off. Graga's Chunche Leiton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrei Paniagua in the 56th minute of play. Edgar Miranda received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Elmer Arrieta came out and tried to block the shot, but Edgar Miranda slotted it home off the left post making it 4-2 in the 57th minute. In the 62nd minute, Jose Trejos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mariano Soto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Chunche Leiton. Graga's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Chunche Leiton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrei Paniagua in the 68th minute of the match. In the 73rd minute Pablo Bolaños shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chunche Leiton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th match minute, Graga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jose Trejos to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Pingones FC's Andrei Paniagua tried to score from far away in the 75th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. When Pingones FC's Andrei Paniagua in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Graga's goalie prevented a goal. 78 minutes into the game, Giovanni Paniagua cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-2. Chunche Leiton was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Chunche Leiton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrei Paniagua in the 82nd minute of the match. Graga's Chunche Leiton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Mata in the 83rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 6-2 when Andrei Paniagua sped through Graga's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Chunche Leiton. Jose Trejos kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Salvador Mata took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Chunche Leiton. Chunche Leiton dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-2. Pingones FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.