The Panamanian team showed itself if its coach, the Spanish-Danish Thomas Christiansenand some of its best players in Thursday’s friendly against Argentina at the River Plate stadium, where Leo Messi and his teammates had a great party for the World Cup won last December in Qatar. The game ended in a 2-0 victory for the albiceleste.
Christiansen, who came to play some games with the Spanish team and played Barça B, Sporting Gijón, Osasuna, Racing Santander, Oviedo, Villarreal and Terrassa among other teams, he did not go to Argentina because he did not want to be distracted from his main goal: to qualify Panama for the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League.
And the play wasn’t bad. Panama gained access to the Final Four of the competition by defeating Costa Rica in a decisive match (0-1) in the early hours of Wednesday thanks to a single goal from Jose Fajardo in the 76th minute. With this victory the team of Christiansen first place in group B was awarded 10 points, while the ‘ticos’ finished with 6.
United States and Mexico, the other semifinal
Panama will now face Canada in the semifinals on June 15 in a single match that will take place in Las Vegas, site of the Final Four. Then the same day they will meet in the other tie The United States, current tournament champion and host, and Mexico. The final will take place three days later.
Mexico secured first place in group A, with 8 points, after getting the draw it needed (2-2) against Jamaica on Sunday at the Azteca stadium, against Jamaica, second with 6.
Double for Larin (Valladolid), historical scorer
In group C, Canada defeated Honduras (4-1) on Tuesday morning and finished first with 9 points, three more than its rival. Cyle Larin, Valladolid striker, scored a double confirming him as the all-time top scorer for the North American team with 28 goals. and he would have achieved a ‘hat trick’ had he not missed a penalty. Jonathan David (Lille) scored a goal.
Finally, in group D. The United States, with guaranteed qualification, defeated El Salvador (1-0) and finished with 10 points among its five rivals.
Source: La Verdad
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