The Panama national team will seek to close with a flourish its preparation prior to the America Cupdefeating Paraguay this Sunday at the Rommel Fernández Stadium.
The Panama national team wants to say goodbye to its people at the Rommel Fernández stadium, before leaving for the Copa América, with a victory this Sunday against its counterpart from Paraguay.
The canaleros They are inspired, since they have 3 wins in a row, against Galicia, Guyana and Monserrat, and they will seek to close their preparation with a flourish before making their debut in the continental tournament against Uruguay on June 23.
The Panamanian team, led by the Spanish-Danish coach Thomas Christiansen, will receive the Paraguayan team after having fulfilled a productive tour of Spain of two friendly games in one of which they drew 2-2 with Catalonia, while in the other they beat Galicia 0-2.
Once that warm-up was over, those led by Christiansen ‘crossed the pond’ back to the Rommel Fernández to beat Guyana 2-0, in the first match of the Concacaf qualifiers towards the World Cup that will be organized in 2026 by the US, Mexico and Canada.
The second qualifying match, played at the National Stadium of Nicaragua On June 9, Panama beat Monserrat 1-3, and now – basically with the same squad except for three absences due to injuries – they host Paraguay prior to their trip to the US for the Copa América.
“The team is totally involved, we are already thinking about Paraguay, which is the first rival we have right now and then go to that big event,” said César Samudio, one of the three goalkeepers of Panama, to the EFE agency.
Samudio highlighted that the team has worked intensely and The training sessions have been “very demanding”but in the end, he stated, this “It will give us the extra to reach the Copa América in the best way.”“.
Panamanian defender Iván Anderson, for his part, pointed out that they know that the Copa América is a “great tournament” and that the “anxiety” is to “classify to the next phase.”
Panama, located in group C of the Copa América 2024, It will debut next June 23 against Uruguay, four days later it will do so against the United States and will close the group stage on July 1 against Bolivia.
Before, Panama – which will not have Adalberto Carrasquilla due to the midfielder’s commitments with his team Houston Dynamo in the MLS – will play the preparatory friendly against Paraguay this Sunday.
The Paraguayan team, led by Daniel Garnero, has just played two friendly matches with Chile and Peru, the first of which they lost 3-0 as a visitor on June 11, while on the 7th of this same month they tied 0-0 with Peru.
After these results, Garnero maintained that neither Chile nor Peru “are better” than the Paraguayan team, although he acknowledged that they are having a hard time being effective and scoring goals.
The Paraguayan strategist announced that against Panama, his last rival before traveling to the United States, he will seek to present a “solid team” that takes advantage of the goal situations it generates. Paraguay will debut against Colombia on June 24 in Houston.
Possible alignments of Panama vs. Paraguay
Panama: Orlando Mosquera; Eric Davis, Iván Anderson, Edgardo Fariña, Omar Valencia, César Blackman, Omar Valencia, Anibal Godoy, Jovani Welch, Abdiel Ayarza, José Fajardo.
DT: Thomas Christiansen.
Paraguay: Carlos Coronel; Iván Ramírez, Gustavo Gómez, Fabián Balbuena, Néstor Giménez, Fabrizio Peralta, Andrés Cubas, Damián Bobadilla, Julio Enciso, Ángel Romero, Adam Bareiro.
DT: Daniel Garnero.
*With information from EFE.
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