Saprissa, Liga Square
Off Again Sunday
Tonight (Saturday) is
the Festival de la Luz,
an annual event, that
beginning at 6:00pm will
entertain thousands
along the parade route
and tens of thousands in
their homes as the event
is broadcast live.
Although the Festival de
la Luz is a big event,
an even bigger event
will grip the nation on
Sunday, when the two
rivals, Saprissa and La
Liga, square off again.
The Deportiva Liga
Alajuelense or La Liga
lost to the Deportivo
Saprissa 1-0 in the
first game of the
semifinals.
The Saprissa lineup was
successful against La
Liga that Saprissa
coach, Jeaustin Campos,
said he will use the
same line up in Sunday's
game.
The soccer fever kicks
off at 4:00pm, as the
game being played at the
Ricardo Saprissa
stadium, is sure to
paralyze the nation for
the following 90 minutes
and for hours and days
of discussions that will
follow.
The hot topic at the
water cooler Monday
morning will surely not
be wonderful displays of
the Festival de la Luz,
nor the winning numbers
of the Gordo Navideño,
the Christmas lottery,
but the results of the
Liga-Saprissa game.
The fans will be on pins
and needles throughout
the game. If one team
scores a goal, it will
be the job of the other
team to score two, to
keep the advantage.
The game pits the two
teams in a rivalry that
is as long as soccer has
been played in Costa
Rica. But also brings
the nation together,
setting aside political
differences, the TLC and
other topics of the day,
for the national pass
time. |
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