By: EFE
By: EFE
Canada assumed the leadership of the Concacaf Elimination by winning this Tuesday in the eighth day by 2-1 to a languid Mexico , which is now third with the same points of Panama and risks playing the repechage, while United States is second after equalizing with Jamaica.
On the icy and snowy night in Edmonton, El Tri only reacted in the last minutes of a match in which Canada dominated and was able to thrash.
A double by Cyle Larin in the minutes 45 + 2 and 52 put man give in the actions to those led by John herdman who have not lost in the final octagonal and that they had to defeat in a bulky way a sad Mexico that was never found.
However, in just seven minutes those led by Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino woke up from their lethargy.
In the minute 90 Héctor Herrera discounted and El Tri left disorderly in search of a tie that would have changed history but finally did not come.
In Kingston, the Reggae Boyz deactivated the circuits of the electric United States team, which was marching until this Tuesday at the forefront of the table and signed a 1-1 draw that maintains their accounts to reach the repe sca.
Timothy Weah unbalanced the scales at the 11 minutes and visitors were already playing freely at Independence Park until Michail Antonio appeared at the 22 to leave the match in a draw.
The Stars and Stripes team added 15 Points of 21 possible, is second behind Canada, and the Jamaicans were in sixth place with 7 units.
Panama once again overcame the scare of being at a disadvantage, as happened in the previous date with Honduras, and , with the same outcome, defeated El Salvador in a 2-1 comeback.
The Panamanians were barely accommodating themselves on the court when defender Andrés Andrade provided the ball to Jairo Henríquez who, with a powerful shot, beat goalkeeper Luis Mejía.
The tie came in the minute 50 with a header from Cecilio Waterman , which has seven on the octagonal. And the winning goal was scored by Freddy Gondola to the 52.
With this result, the Central American Red accumulates 14 Points of 24 possible and El Salvador was left with 6 in the penultimate place.
A goal in the last breath of Gerson Torres gave Costa Rica a long-suffering 2-1 victory over Honduras that allows them to keep hope of fight for a ticket to the World Cup , while Hondurans are left with remote mathematical possibilities.
Óscar Duarte opened the account in the minute 20, tied Rommel Quioto to 35 and at 95 a saving header from Torres gave Costa Rica the victory.
With this result the Ticos reach 9 points and remain in fifth place and Honduras is bottom with only 3 units.
The Concacaf World Cup qualifiers grant three direct places to Qatar 2022 and on the fourth the right to play a repechage.
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