MIAMI, Florida – Robinhood of Suriname will be hoping that the comforts of home can spur a comeback in their 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 series with Costa Rican side Herediano in the second leg on Tuesday night at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion in Paramaribo, Suriname.
The Ticos claimed a 2-0-win last week in the first leg to give themselves a healthy advantage going into the return leg, but Robinhood have enjoyed a magical run to reach this point and will be hoping for another big wave of the wand on Tuesday night.
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The Surinamese club emerged as winners of the 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield just to qualify for the 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, and then won the Caribbean Cup to qualify directly to the Round of 16 of this Champions Cup.
Through it all, they have performed very well at home, winning all four matches in Paramaribo during the Caribbean Cup, while outscoring opponents 6-1.
2023 Caribbean Cup Best GK Award winner Jonathan Fonkel turned in an amazing display in the first leg, making a whopping 14 saves and four clearances to keep Robinhood within shouting distance.
In attack, Dimitrio Andro had the two best scoring chances of the first leg for Robinhood and finished the match with 34 passes.
Herediano are riding a two-match winning streak in Champions Cup play and will be in pursuit of their first Champions Cup quarterfinal since the 2014-15 edition.
Getsel Montes had the opening goal for the Ticos, giving him three in his last five Champions Cup matches, on top of leading the team in passes with 70.
Andy Rojas and Elias Aguilar were key contributors as well to the cause. Rojas registered five shots, four on target, while Aguilar completed 47 passes.
Match Officials SV Robinhood (SUR) vs CS Herediano (CRC)
REF: JULIO LUNA (Guatemala)
AR1: WALTER LOPEZ (Honduras)
AR2: ENMANUEL AGUIRRE (Nicaragua)
4TH: ISMAEL CORNEJO (El Salvador)
VAR: DANEON PARCHMENT (Jamaica)
VAR1: TRISTLEY BASSUE (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
