Mexico wins by a narrow margin and lifts the Gold Cup

Mexico beat Panama narrowly 1-0 to claim the 2023 Gold Cup title, which took place this Sunday in Angels.

ANDin the first half of the game, Mexico He dominated, for a complement Panama improved, but “Tri” with Santiago Giménez was the one who converted three minutes to the end of the match.

Panama was the first to create danger in the game when ‘Coco’ Carrasquilla he passed the ball to Ismael Díaz which the latter could not control and the opportunity to finish did not happen.

set Mexican he had the first shot on goal Panamanian after 18 minutes Anthonybut ended up in the hands of Mosquera.

the same goalkeeper ochoa kicked the ball out of his own goal, Henry Martín took advantage of the attack from the center, beat Mosquera, but his goal was disallowed VAR when he determines an advanced position in the 32nd minute.

The clearest opportunity to score a goal Panama had it Hannibal Godoy It was played in the 42nd minute, but his shot went wide of the Mexican goal to end the first half goalless.

next timePanama He recovered and tried to find the opponent’s box, Alberto ‘Negrito Quintero had a great chance to score, but his shot went wide.

Panama He would have had a scare in the 62nd minute of the match, he would have received a yellow card, but VAR corrected it and the Panamanian central defender continued with the game.

After 69 minutes, the team of Panama He would have had his chance, with José Fajardo, but his header ended up in the hands of goalkeeper “Memo” Oxcho.

Panama had a clear opportunity to convert with Ivan ‘Colocho’ Anderson, but his shot hit the body before exiting Guillermo ‘Memo’ OchOa to avoid the fall of his marxca in the 71st minute.

Three minutes to the end of the game, Santiago Gimenez He took Harold Cummings’ cue and beat Panamanian goalkeeper Mosquera to score the only goal of the game.

After that, Panama looked for an equalizer, they tried, but the weather did not allow them to equalize.