{"id":499077,"date":"2026-01-31T21:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cibao-fc-defeats-om-in-matchday-4-of-the-ldf-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:18:11","slug":"cibao-fc-defeats-om-in-matchday-4-of-the-ldf-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/cibao-fc-defeats-om-in-matchday-4-of-the-ldf-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cibao FC defeats O&M in Matchday 4 of the LDF Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SANTIAGO.-<\/strong> With the gunpowder lit by Colombian forward Rivaldo Correa, author of a brace, Cibao FC<\/strong> defeated Universidad O&M<\/strong> 4-2 in a match of day 4 of the Liguilla of the Dominican Football League (LDF-2025-2026)<\/strong>, held in the \u201cbombonera\u201d of the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra<\/strong>, in an event dedicated to the sports promoter of this discipline, doctor Jos\u00e9 Rafael Abinader<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\nThe orange eleven dominated on the scoreboard and in the proceedings: they went up 4-0 and seemed to have the game settled with an advantage that is managed calmly. However, the university team tightened up at the end, cut the score with two goals in the final minutes and added suspense to the outcome, although the reaction was not enough to avoid the defeat.\n\nCibao FC’s goals were scored by Rivaldo Correa (2), Omar De la Cruz, and Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo. For O&M, Sergio Paredes and Ronaldinho Caicedo scored.\n\nWith the result, the defending champions added three points and now total seven units, momentarily equaling the leaders of Moca FC. Universidad O&M suffered their third defeat, with a draw in the first four matchdays of the Liguilla.\n\nThe first goal of the match put Cibao FC in the lead when, at minute 25, Reyvin De la Rosa committed a foul on Miguel Mu\u00f1oz inside the area and the referee did not hesitate: penalty.\n\nColombian scorer Rivaldo Correa took the penalty and slotted it to the right of goalkeeper Omry Bello. The goalkeeper guessed the intention, but the power of the shot made the dive useless: 1-0.\n\nAnd Correa didn’t stop there. At minute 30, he took advantage of a defensive lapse by the university team: Miguel Mu\u00f1oz passed him the ball and the striker sent it in to make it 2-0 for the home team, and the break arrived with Cibao FC controlling the match.\n\nIn the 57th minute, the orange team made their first move: Jean Carlos L\u00f3pez entered and Yunior Peralta left. The home team made a double substitution in the 68th minute, when the Colombian debutant Mateo Palacios and Cesar\u00edn Ortiz came on, replacing Nano Mu\u00f1oz and V\u00edctor Minotta.\n\nAt minute 70, Julen Monterola faced the Cibao FC goal and unleashed a venomous shot, but Edwin “Gato” Fr\u00edas grew large: he reacted with reflexes, brought out his feline instincts and signed an anthology save. Two minutes later, in the 72nd, the third goal for the home side arrived. Omar De la Cruz appeared to increase the score and put the match in a rout mode: 3-0.\n\nWhen the 77th minute was being played, the Cibao FC coach made his last substitutions: Javier Roces and \u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez entered the field, while two protagonists of the scoreboard, Rivaldo Correa and Omar De la Cruz, went to the bench.\n\nIn the 83rd minute, the fourth goal fell. In a corner kick, the ball was loose in front of the goal defended by Bello and Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo did not forgive: 4-0.\n\n\n

The first goal for the students came at the 85th minute. Fr\u00edas stopped a shot from Julen Monterola, but the rebound was served for Sergio Paredes \u2014newly entered\u2014, who pushed it into the back of the net. O&M continued to cut the score at the 88th minute, when Ronaldinho Caicedo presented credentials and scored the second to leave the score 4-2.<\/p>\n\n\nEdwin \u201cGato\u201d Fr\u00edas received the trust of technical director Junior Scheldeur to guard the orange goal. Colombian Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo wore the Cibao FC armband in the absence of Miguel \u201cPichi\u201d Lloyd in the starting eleven. Josu\u00e9 N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Trinidad, Edwarlyn Reyes, Omar De la Cruz, Wilman Modesta, Miguel Mu\u00f1oz, Yunior Peralta, Rivaldo Correa and V\u00edctor Minotta completed the starting eleven.\n\nJuan Maestre was in charge of the O&M University in the absence of Jos\u00e9 Aparicio and placed Omry Bello in goal. The eleven were completed by Yoan Melo as captain, Josu\u00e9 B\u00e1ez, H\u00e9ctor Ram\u00edrez, \u00c1ngelo G\u00f3mez, Reyvin De la Rosa, Emmanuel Cuello, Gabriel Castillo, Jon Trincado, Julen Olasagasti and Jos\u00e9 Matos.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANTIAGO.- With the gunpowder lit by Colombian forward Rivaldo Correa, author of a brace, Cibao FC defeated Universidad O&M 4-2 in a match of day 4 of the Liguilla of the Dominican Football League (LDF-2025-2026), held in the \u201cbombonera\u201d of the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra, in an event dedicated to the sports promoter of this discipline, doctor Jos\u00e9 Rafael Abinader. You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":["post-499077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25PD","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}