Selection of Panama He came back this Friday from a match that lost 0-2 to Honduras, and in eight minutes he won the triumph of 2-3, on the seventh date of the octagonal of the Concacaf of the qualifying round for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Bad start for Honduras’ new coach, Colombian Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez, who had been delighted with his players until the moment they won 2-0.
The Honduran team began with a game lacking precision in the delivery of the ball, against a rival who was more orderly, scoring hard, but approaching the area without creating greater difficulties for the rival defense.
The catrachos, after the poor results they achieved in the octagonal with the Uruguayan Fabián Coito in six games, sought to weaken the Panamanians with counterattacks.
The first warning from Honduras came in the seventh minute with a run from Bryan Moya, who fired close to the left post, but the Panamanian goalkeeper, Luis Mejía, covered him without much difficulty.
Honduras went on the attack with Anthony ‘Choco’ Lozano and Alberth Elis, who gave work to the defense of Panama, which had Alfredo Stephens and Rolando Blackburn at the top. In the 29th minute, Honduras began to win with a goal from Alberth Elis, who received a deep pass from defender Omar Elvir from midfield and in the run he overcame two defenders and beat the Panamanian goalkeeper on low.
Deybi Flores (Honduras) disputes a ball with Cristian Martínez, from Panama
In the second half the delivery was greater on the part of both teams, although imprecise, but with Honduras in better order than in the first half, with better control of the ball and always looking to hit the mark with long passes.
The Panamanians, who failed a lot in the midfield, could not finish defining the Honduran area in their approaches, with balls overlooked, but they insisted on at least looking for a tie.
The second Honduran goal came in the 58th minute in the legs of Bryan Moya, who received a pass from the left wing of Kervin Arriaga and took advantage of a distraction from a Panamanian defender who tried to stop him, and by going down he sent the ball to the back of the net.
After the second goal, Honduras was diminished in attack, without creating dangerous plays, while Panama continued to pound and in the 76th minute it recovered emotionally by discounting with a goal from Cecilio Waterman, one of its changes in the second half.
With Honduras collapsing, Panama tied the game 2-2 in the 79th minute with a score by Cecilio Yanis and another serious error by the defense of those led by ‘Bolillo’.
With the draw, the Panamanians grew more and in 87 they brought Honduras to its knees with a free throw goal, derived from a foul outside the area of its goalkeeper Luis López, for the final 3-2.
The defeat is the fourth that Honduras suffers so far in the tie, in which it has added three draws, against Canada, El Salvador and Costa Rica, its next rival, visiting, on the 16th. The Hondurans have lost against States. States, Mexico, Jamaica and Panama.
DATA SHEET
Honduras-Panama 2-3
2 – Honduras: Luis Lopez; Omar Elvir, Maynor Figueroa, Carlos Meléndez, Kevin Álvarez (Christopher Meléndez m.46); Alex López (Kervin Arriaga m.46), Deiby Flores, Alfredo Mejía, Bryan Moya; Alberth Elis and Anthony Lozano (Bryan Róchez m, 55).
Coach: Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez
3 – Panama: Luis Mejía; Michael Murillo, Fidel Escobar, Andrés Andrade, Eric Davis; Adalberto Carrasquilla, Cristian Martínez (José Fajardo m.65), Armando Cooper, Freddy Góndola (César Yanis m.65); Alfredo Stephens (Omar Browne m.46) and Rolando Blackburn (Cecilio Waterman m.65).
Coach: Thomas Christiansen
Goals: 1-0, Alberth Elis (d. 29); 2-0, Bryan Moya (m. 58); 1-2, Cecilio Waterman (m. 76); 2-2, César Yanes (d. 79); 2-3, Eric Davis (d. 85)
Referee: Drew Fischer, from Canada. He showed yellow card to Alberth Elis, Anthony Lozano and Christopher Meléndez from Honduras, and Alfredo Stephens from Panama.
Incidents: Match of the seventh date of the Concacaf octagonal of the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, played at the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium, in San Pedro Sula, in northern Honduras.
