Tricolor gorge. Mexico needed a last minute penalty and Raúl Jiménez’s scorer smell to defeat Panama this Sunday in the Sofi Stadium of Inglewood (California) and conquer the Concacaf Nations League, first success in the new era of coach Javier «El Vasco» Aguirre.
Hours before, also on the same stage, and before about 70,000 spectators, the United States selection fell before its followers LOSING 2-1 against Canadathat stayed with third place.
The arrival at the final of the team of “The Bars and the stars” was frustrated by falling on Thursday against Panama with a goal by Cecilio Waterman.
This time, in the final Jiménez, of the English Fulham Registry, the criminal shot in the 92nd minute changed by goal, and very early, in the 8th minute, he had put the “tri.”
Adalberto «Coco» Carrasquilla had returned hope to the Panamanians with a partial draw, also of criminal launch, in the second minute added to the first half.
Later, the Mexicans took over the ball in the second part of the meeting, but did not create danger from three quarters of court, arrested by a very orderly “channel” defense.
Frustrated, the Mexican fans, repeated the homophobic cry that they sing to offend the rival goalkeeper and for which Mexico has received fines and warnings from Concacaf and FIFA.
As a product of this behavior, the game was arrested by the Guatemalan referee Marío Alberto Escobar in the 83rd minute.
In the resumption, when you did not see how the pupils of the “Basque” Aguirre could solve the duel, after a free kick from the left the Panamanian defense José Córdoba committed a childish hand in the area when the ball was going to leave and led to the penalty charged by Raúl Jiménez masterfully.
Thus, the Mexico squad won the Concacaf Nations League for the first time, after three United States titles, defeated by Canada in the third place dispute.
Thus they aligned
– Mexico (2): Luis Malagón; Israel Reyes, César Montes, Johan Vasquez, Jesús Gallardo (Jesús Angulo, m.96); Roberto Alvarado, Édson Álvarez, Luis Romo (Luis Chávez, M.63), César Huerta (Alexis Vega M.64); Santiago Giménez (Orbelín Pineda, m.96) and Raúl Jiménez.
– Coacator: Javier Aguirre.
– Panama (1): Orlando Mosquera; César Blackman, Carlos Harvey, Edgardo Fariña, José Córdoba, Jorge Gutiérrez; Cristian Martínez (Janpol Morales, m.75), Adalberto Carrasquilla, Aníbal Godoy, José Rodríguez; and Cecilio Waterman (José Fajardo, m.62).
– Coacator: Thomas Christiansen.
– Goals: 1-0, m.8: Raúl Jiménez. 1-1, m.45+2: Adalberto Carraquilla, penalty. 2-1, m.92: Raúl Jiménez.
– Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar, from Guatemala. He admonished the Panamanian Adalberto Carrasquilla.
– Incidents: Concacaf Nations League Final Party played at the Sofi Stadium, of Inglewood (California) against about 70,000 spectators.
(With EFE report)
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