Panama arrives in San Diego for a match against the United States

Choice of Panama landed this Monday in San Diego, his penultimate stop in his quest for the finals Gold Cup 2023 from concacaf.

The Panamanian team trained for the last time on Monday morning Dallasand just a few hours later, he left for San DiegoCalifornia on its charter flight to face its next semifinal matchup this Wednesday, July 12, against the reigning champion NOW.

The national squadron took off from Irving, Texas at 15:00 local time and landed in San Diego International Airport, a from 5:30 p.m Panamaafter a journey of approximately two and a half hours.

A few hours later, the players and coaching staff settled into their concentration hotel with a view to their important meeting this Wednesday at the SnapDragon Stadium, the sports headquarters San Diego State University.

San Diego becomes the fourth place the national team has visited in this Gold Cup 2023, after playing in Fort Lauderdale, New Jersey, Houston and Dallas.

In Dallas, the team trained this morning on court #8 of the Toyota Soccer Center, in the city of Frisco, Texas.

It was a training session of about 90 minutes, which included the entire available group, from 9:00 to 11:30, rehearsing the plan to be executed in front of the American squad.

Before the start of training, the players Ismael Diaz, scored a hat trick in last Saturday’s 4-0 win over Qatar at AT&T stadium in Dallas He was very satisfied with his performance in the quarterfinals, but he clarified that it is behind him and that now the goal is to advance to the grand final.

“It was a moment of happiness for me personally, but apart from that, it makes me even happier for the team,” he said. Ismael Diaz.

“We got to the stage where we were very confident that we could do it, having worked hard in those days before, but that’s behind us, we lived, we enjoyed the moment and now the important thing will be the next game. , where if we really want to achieve something important we have to win,” said the forward of Universidad Católica, from Ecuador, and the author of 4 goals so far in the tournament.

For his part, Bárcenas, responsible for the first goal against the Qataris, said that against the Americans it was crucial to continue showing the good football they have shown so far.

For this Tuesday, July 11, the Panamanian team did the first training at the headquarters San Diego, California.

The eleventh national team must train at 9:00 a.m. local time (11:00 a.m. local time). Panama) in the fields San Diego Surf Park.

After the training, the coach Thomas Christiansen and the player will speak at a press conference, at 16:30 local time, at the SnapDragon Stadium, the venue of their match on Wednesday for a ticket to the final.