San José, Aug 13 (EFE).- Saprissista striker Javon East became the protagonist during the fourth day of the Costa Rican Soccer Opening Tournament after scoring a hat-trick that he scored for his team’s 2-4 victory against Puntarenas .
The saprisistas, commanded by Vladimir Quesada, began the meeting with power to shake off the criticism of the past date after their defeat. From minute 3 ‘Ariel Rodríguez opened the account, later East was the star of the night, with his hat-trick at minute 12′, 28′ and 56’.
The current two-time champions with the score in their favor lowered the intensity, at which point Luis Miguel Franco (74′) and Marco Rodríguez (80′) took advantage to shorten the difference. With this result, the saprissistas rose to third position in the table with 9 units.
The current Cartaginés leader has 10 points after drawing only a 1-1 draw as a visitor against San Carlos. The blue and whites had three consecutive victories and had their first setback, which is why their greatest rivals are now approaching them.
Herediano, led by coach Jeaustin Campos, is second with 9 points, the same as Saprissa, while Alajuelense is fourth with 8 points.
The Heredians did not have their best night either, and were impacted by Guanacasteca, who after a solitary goal from Alonso Hernández gave them the 0-1 victory. After the score, the locals closed ranks and created a wall that was impossible for the rojiamarillos to penetrate.
In other matches of the day Greece lost 0-1 against Sporting, Santos drew 3-3 against Liberia and Alajuelense achieved a valuable 1-2 away victory against Pérez Zeledón. EFE
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