Cibao FC added its fourth championship crown of the year by winning the National U-16 Tournament, beating Barca Academy RD 1-2 in extra time with a goal by Marcos Belliard, in the final match held at the Parque del Este stadium.
The first 90 minutes ended with the score 1-1, but Belliard took a sensational shot, which landed where the spiders nest. A week ago Cibao FC was crowned champion of the North and Barca Academy RD of the South-East zone, both reaching the grand final.
The orange club had previously won the Dominican Soccer League (LDF), the Expansion League and the National U-19 Tournament.
Now the youngsters of Cibao FC completed the poker, with their fourth victory in the current year 2022. The crown of the big team was under the tutelage of Argentine Jorge Alfonso, while his assistant Junior Scheldeur has been directing and winning with the minor categories of the LDF.
Barca Academy RD went ahead on the scoreboard, when at minute 15 they scored the first goal of the match.
But it didn’t take long for Cibao to equalize when he scored a 23rd minute goal through Esstiel to make it 1-1.
This is how the first 45 minutes ended with the match tied at one and the two eleven went to the dressing rooms to prepare for the final 45 minutes.
In additional time no goals were scored and they had to go to two 15-minute extensions. But in extra time Cibao scored Belliard’s goal to take the crown for the North region.
AWARDS
After the match, the Cibao FC team was awarded the U-16 Champion Cup, which was presented by engineer Manuel Estrella, president of the Dominican Football League (LDF).
The promising player Lucas Bretón was selected the Most Valuable Player of the tournament, receiving the MVP trophy from Estrella.
Cibao FC revalidates the title of champion in the LDF!
Last month, Cibao FC He revalidated his title of champion of the Dominican Soccer League (LDF), by achieving a 1-1 draw against Club Atlético Pantoja and a 3-2 aggregate in his favor, which places him as the maximum winner of crowns.
The Orange machine had won the second leg 2-1, so they only needed a draw to clinch the title. The Cibao monarchs became the first club with three crowns, in the eight professional soccer tournaments in the Dominican Republic.
In addition, the eleventh orange was established as the first to win two crowns in a row, with the runner-up obtained on Saturday evening.
The Argentine Jorge Alfonso became the first Technical Director to win two championships and make them “Back to Back”.
The championships of LDF they have been distributed with Cibao FC (2018, 2021 and 2022), Pantoja (2015 and 2019), Club Atlético Barcelona (1016), Atlántico FC (2017), O & M University (2020). Although visitors, Cibao fans FC traveled to Santo Domingo, supported their team and dyed the Félix Sánchez stands orange.
