Panama defeated Qatar and reached the semifinals of the Gold Cup

The choice of Panama reached the semi-finals of the Gold Cup tonight in the United States of America, after defeating fellow Qatari 4-0 with a goal from Edgar Yoel Bárcenas and a hat trick from Isamel “El Principe” Díaz.

Thomas Christianse’s team He controlled most of the first half, and in the 19th minute, Bárcenas used a cross into the penalty area and finished powerfully with his head, and the ball hit the foreigner, which the goalkeeper was unable to deflect and went into the base. ropes for 1-0.

Own Barcenas, as well as Eric Davis and José Fajardo, They had some clear arrivals, but they failed to realize.

Around 40 minutes came the team’s first dangerous move Qatar, but Orlando Mosquera’s goal he managed to touch the ball with his fingertips and send it into the corner.

In the 57th minute, defender Fidel Escobar came out on the right, took out three opponents to serve the ball to “Coco” Carrasquilla, who put a long ball down the left wing for Ismael. “Prince” Diazwho scored near the post to make it 2-0 for Panama.

Then Díaz had another similar shot in the 59th, but he sent the shot wide of the Qatari goal. In the 62nd minute, after a series of collective attempts, he managed to hit the opponent’s goal for 3-0.

Three minutes later, but on the right flank in combination with José Fajardo y Díaz would get his hat-trick and the final victory for the Panamanian teamor 4-0 and thereby sealed his ticket to the second round of the tournament.

In the 69th minute and taking advantage of the big advantage in the goal, u technician Christiansen he had César Yanis, Cristian Martínez and Cecilia Waterman come on, for Ismael Díaz, Alberto Quintero and Adalbert Carrasquilla.

FACT: Ismael Díaz (in 9 minutes) scored the fastest hat-trick in league history Golden cup. Beats Zaga’s 3 goals in 11 minutes against Martinique in the 1993 group stage and 3 goals in 11 minutes Frantzdy Pierrot to Bermuda in the preliminary phase of 2021.