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Mexico present in Costa Rica: three Mexican footballers were crowned champions with Herediano

December 21, 2021

Photo: EZEQUIEL BECERRA / AFP / Getty Images

For: EFE Updated 21 Dec 1200, 7: 32 am EST

The Herediano was crowned the new champion of Costa Rica this Sunday after beating 3-2 (4-2 overall) to Saprissa in the first leg of the final of the Apertura Tournament.

Los heredianos, by coach Jeaustin Campos , they added their title number 29 on the centenary of its foundation and after 1 year and 11 months from who won his last national final. With this they snatched the two-time championship from the Saprissites.

The Saprissa, of the Spanish coach Iñaki Alonso, complicated the game from very early with the expulsion to the minute 18 by defender Walter Cortés.

However, the popularly called purple did not lower their arms and continued to press. The veteran Christian Bolaños was a bulwark for his team, he sought the spaces and complicated the actions of his rival.

From the penalty spot, Bolaños per minute 25 would score 0-1 after a rebound from goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado . On the edge of finishing the first half (45 +2) after a shot by Yeltsin Tejeda the ball would end in the bottom of the networks with an own goal by Bolaños to put parity 1-1.

The Saprissista would continue to be the protagonist in the game and in the second half Bolaños turns the scoreboard to put the 1-2 , but the match was not simple.

After the score, Saprissa went back and planted a block to guard the scoreboard, already that it had one less player in its ranks.

For their part, the Heredians wanted to open up the court more and more to generate spaces, hand in hand with the forwards John Jairo Ruiz, Yendrick Ruiz and José Ortiz the premises were more explosive.

The first pressure would come with Ruiz at the minute 77, which ended with a save by Saprissista goalkeeper Aaron Cruz with one hand. While the Heredians continued looking for more alternatives to avoid going to overtime.

In the last ten minutes of play, Tejeda at the minute 80 would put the tie 2-2 but on aggregate it meant a 3-2 advantage. Eight more minutes part, and he Mexican Luis Miguel Franco would place the sentence of the match 3-2 in the match (4-2 aggregate) to give his team the national title.

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