Final score: L.D. Alajuenese 3 Deportivo Saprissa 1.
Heading to Estadio Nacional today
- Thread starter John Kelly
- Start date
Wade
EOG Master
Mr. Kelly, was this a paid lunch break? Also what if the game went to extra time and penalties. The game would've ended close to 3:00pm.
boston massacre
EOG Master
Be There In November, When The Country Sends Its Best, To Perform In The WORLD CUP.
raycabino
Long Live Wilson!
Amazing they even got to xtra time. Alejuelense is currently head and shoulders better than Saprissa.
raycabino
Long Live Wilson!
You didnt leave early huh?
Great time and I'm not a soccer guy.
Those fans are passionate.
Five minutes before kickoff, the smoke bombs were lit.
Smoke fills the stadium but dissipates just in time for the start of the game.
I arrived an hour early and luckily got a chance to see Alajuela's fans cheering for the team bus as it arrived at the stadium.
That scene will be burned in my memory forever.
As will some of the backsides of the attractive female models who were fronting for companies like Kolbi, Gatorade and Burger King.
I think the male-female crowd split was about 75/25.
Three disappointments:
1) Concession stands did not take debit cards.
2) No program available for the game.
3) No stadium scoreboard.
My favorite part of the game and this feature is in sharp contrast to the dumb game presentation in the States: NO MANUFACTURED NOISE.
Every cheer is natural, genuine and unchoreographed.
No organist or deejay needed to rev up a quiet crowd.
The fans in Alajuela were there to watch the game and cheer for their heroes.
A kind of "gladiator feel" to the proceedings, not a fourth-grade assembly.
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Watched every minute of the scoreless first half and missed the four goals after halftime.
I was there for the setting and atmosphere as much as for the game action.
Any opinion on the Finals between Alajuela and Cartago?
raycabino
Long Live Wilson!
Would love to see Cartago give them a run being it has been 83 years since they have won a title but they are climbing uphill vs Alejuela. Sidenote, if Cartago beats them in the 2 game aggregate they will have to turn around and do it again to actually win the title since Alejuela finished 1st in the regular season.
I like that format.
raycabino
Long Live Wilson!
For sure. Have to reward the team for winning the reg season IMO.
raycabino
Long Live Wilson!
That is probably the most fair way but then you don't get the excitement of the playoffs and championship games. Once in a while it might come to the wire with excitement but other years it would just be a snoozefest at the end of the season.
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I see both sides of the argument.
I've always been opposed to expanded playoffs in college football because it diminishes the importance of the regular season.
I view every Saturday as a playoff round in college football.
I've always been opposed to expanded playoffs in college football because it diminishes the importance of the regular season.
I view every Saturday as a playoff round in college football.