Costa Rica Beats
Honduras On Penalty
Kicks
Victor Nunez's penalty
kick turned out to be
the winner as Costa Rica
beat Honduras Sunday in
a FIFA-sanctioned
exhibition at Rentschler
Field.
The game went to penalty
kicks after the teams
battled to a scoreless
tie. Honduras' Carlo
Costly followed Nunez,
but his shot hit the
crossbar. Costa Rica won
the penalty kick
shootout, 3-2.
While the Costa Rican
team's celebration was
rather subdued, its fans
went into pandemonium.
"These are always the
hardest games against
Honduras," Costa Rica's
Gonzalo Segares said.
"Both teams don't like
each other and the fans
don't like each other.
There is a rivalry
there."
Costa Rica had a goal
nullified by an offside
call near the end of the
first half, when it
apparently scored on a
header off a direct kick
from 20 yards out.
In the second half,
Costa Rica's Ronald
Gomez hit the crossbar
at 54 minutes, and
Honduras' Rambo DeLeon
hit the crossbar at 63
minutes.
The crowd was small,
filling less than half
the 40,000 seats. |
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