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Saprissa Strengthen Their Lead After Beating Rescalvo’s Alajuelense in the Derby

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Saprissa beat Alajuelense 2-0 in the Costa Rican national derby to move to 18 points and extend their lead over their rivals to seven points.
  • The result ended Saprissa’s more than three-year winless run at Alajuelense’s home ground and increased pressure on coach Ismael Rescalvo.
  • Cartaginés moved into second place after beating Puntarenas 3-1, while defending champions Herediano remained bottom after another defeat.

Saprissa strengthened their position at the top of Costa Rica’s Apertura tournament with a commanding 2-0 victory over Alajuelense in the national derby. The win ended a run of more than three years without a Saprissa victory on Alajuelense’s home ground.

Saprissa now have 18 points under Hernán Medford, seven more than Alajuelense, who dropped to fifth. The defeat added to the pressure on Spanish coach Ismael Rescalvo, whose name was met with chants of “out” from sections of the crowd.

The match remained even in the first half until a blackout forced a stoppage of about 15 minutes. After play resumed, Orlando Sinclair opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time. Sebastián Acuña doubled the lead in the 52nd minute after a mistake by Uruguayan goalkeeper Washington Ortega. Alajuelense finished with 10 players after 16-year-old Kyan McDonald received a second yellow card.

Cartaginés moved into second place with a 3-1 win over Puntarenas and 15 points. The match changed after Wálter Cortés and Krisler Villalobos were sent off, leaving Puntarenas with nine players. Giancarlo Castro then scored twice, in the 65th and 73rd minutes, to settle the match. Inter San Carlos sit third with 13 points and Sporting are fourth with 11. Defending champions Herediano suffered another setback, losing 3-2 to Pérez Zeledón and falling to the bottom with four points. Escorpiones lost 2-0 to Inter San Carlos, while San Carlos beat Sporting 1-0.

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· Alajuelense supportersFans directed the chant at coach Ismael Rescalvo after the derby defeat.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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