{"id":103849,"date":"2026-01-16T19:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pantoja-seeks-leadership-in-ldf-duel-against-delfines-del-este-in-the-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:32:03","slug":"pantoja-seeks-leadership-in-ldf-duel-against-delfines-del-este-in-the-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/pantoja-seeks-leadership-in-ldf-duel-against-delfines-del-este-in-the-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantoja seeks leadership in LDF: Duel against Delfines del Este in the playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pantoja Seeks its Second Triumph in the Playoffs Against Delfines del Este<\/h2>\n\nThe Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja is preparing for its second match in the playoffs of the Dominican Republic Football League. This Saturday, at the Parque del Este football stadium, they will face Delfines del Este FC in the second matchday of the second phase of the 2025-2026 season.\n\nPantoja arrives at this match after a resounding victory against O&amp;M FC (3-0) in the start of the playoffs. For their part, Delfines del Este seeks to recover from their defeat against Cibao FC (1-0).\n\n<h2>History of Confrontations between Warriors and Cetaceans<\/h2>\n\nIn the regular phase of the LDF, Pantoja achieved two victories against Delfines del Este. On matchday 6, with goals from Carlos Sarante and Alexander Vidal, Pantoja won 2-1.\n\nIn matchday 15, Pantoja repeated the victory at Parque del Este, with a score of 0-2, thanks to goals from Fabricio Moreno and Luis Espinal.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statements from Coach Adolfo Monsalve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The group, in general terms, is doing very well. We have had a good response physically and that is reflected in the emotional and football aspects.<\/p><cite>Adolfo Monsalve<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAdolfo Monsalve, Pantoja&#8217;s coach, highlighted the importance of the initial victory in the league and the need to maintain performance.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are still working, evolving, and we hope to have a very complete match that allows us to stay at the top of the table.<\/p><cite>Adolfo Monsalve<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMonsalve acknowledges the difficulty of the opponent, but trusts in his team&#8217;s capabilities.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Dolphins are a complicated rival, we know them very well and we will have to be very attentive, with the dynamics and intensity that has characterized us. The idea is to continue having positive feelings towards what we want.<\/p><cite>Adolfo Monsalve<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe team is in good health, awaiting Yordy \u00c1lvarez&#8217;s availability for next week. The rest of the squad is ready for the match.\n\nThe match will be played at 3:30 PM at the Parque del Este Football Stadium and will be broadcast through the LDF channel on YouTube.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pantoja Seeks its Second Triumph in the Playoffs Against Delfines del Este The Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja is preparing for its second match in the playoffs of the Dominican Republic Football League. This Saturday, at the Parque del Este football stadium, they will face Delfines del Este FC in the second matchday of the second phase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[2839,2123,1549,4745],"class_list":{"0":"post-103849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nationals","7":"tag-dolphins","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ldf","10":"tag-pantoja"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}