SANTO DOMINGO.- Cibao FC 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.
Pantoja made the saint arrive and kiss, when barely 5 minutes were played with a shoe by Jesús Rodríguez, after a good handling of the ball by Víctor Sánchez for the early 1-0. With a goal from Colombian manufacture, in the 31st minute he produced a masterful pass to the center by Juan David Díaz to his compatriot Dairin González, who headed the ball into the net for the final 1-1.
The defenses of both elevenths grew and the first half concluded without further developments, to go even to the dressing rooms.
The Technical Director of the Cibao FC, the Argentine Jorge Alfonso left in the care of the orange goal, his star goalkeeper Miguel Lloyd, who did a masterful job stopping three direct attacks with goal intentions in the second half, keeping the tie.
He completed the starting eleventh with Christopher Espuny, Julio César Murillo, Dairin González, Ismael “Pinta” Díaz, Lihué Prichoda, Charles Herold, Jean Carlos López, Diefry Mensú, Carlos Ventura and Juan David Díaz.
BANRESERVA CUP
After the match, the directors of the Dominican Football Federation, headed by Rubén García, and the Dominican Football League led by engineer Manuel Estrella, proceeded to award the prizes.
In addition to García and Estrella, Tomás Sénior, president of Pantoja, and Jorge Allen Bauger, Director of the League, participated. Each of the runners-up of Club Atlético Pantoja received a silver medal for their great effort.
The members of Cibao FC obtained the medals of monarchs of the event and the Banreservas Cup that was played in the event.
