Puerto El Triunfo distributed the last tickets to Primera in the LFP

With the ticket to First Division at stake, the girls from Rancho Viejo and Chirilagua left sweat, blood and tears on the sand of Puerto El Triunfo and gave away a battle full of goals and emotions. The Migueleños won, but they suffered more than necessary and had to give their all to defend and sign a 5-7

The victory, which was fought with clenched teeth and the benches biting their nails, allowed Chirilagua to add 13 points and write its name among the 10 teams that will seek the Primera title in the second phase of the National Football League CEL Cup 2024.

From the start, the duel looked close, we had to wait more than half of the first period to enjoy a goal. Rancho Viejo opened the scoring with a score from Irma Membreño, but Katherine Turcios tied from the same serve to make the score 1-1. Then Velinda Martínez put the rancheras ahead again and that goal was enough to bring down the curtain on the first act 2-1.

In the return to action, Lesly Carías declared the score 2-2 and gave way to Cindy Turcios to provide her own show of goals and celebrations. The eldest of the Turcios sisters, and also a national team player, served a poker in the second period that allowed them to lower the blinds 2-6 to declare the second pause.

With the score already swollen, Cindy Turcios appeared again at the start of the final stretch and it was assumed that at 2-7 they would have a comfortable game, but they were filled with fouls and Rancho Viejo claimed them with free kick goals.

Velinda Martínez stood in front of the ball twice and both times sent it to kiss the net to make it 4-7. From there began the desperation of the Migueleño coaching staff who complained and two of its members, among them Melvin Segovia, saw red.

In the end, in another new dangerous action Irma Membreño scored 5-7, but they did not have enough time to change history and they will have to play phase two of the LFP in the second category.

La Pirraya also did not find a gateway to victory and the key to climb to First Division. Tomás Hernández’s pupils fell 0-4 against Puerto El Triunfo, which with 18 points finished as runner-up in group C, and has its place guaranteed among the 10 first category teams.

The duel was quite close, but the hosts knew how to hit at the right moment and little by little they carved out the victory. Karen Arévalo made it 0-1 and then Nohemy Bonilla scored the 0-2 that would remain even until the second break.

In the final 12 minutes, however, Laura Varela appeared and took advantage of two balls served almost on the goal line to score her double and put the final scores at 0-4.

Thus, La Pirraya, which came into the game with 12 points and a goal difference of plus three, finished with minus one, which would even lead them to lose the chance to join the First Division as the best fourth place since Isla de Méndez in Group B has 12 points and a goal difference of plus two.