Panama with high qualifications at the Gold Cup

Panama he concluded Gold Cup 2023 with an almost perfect rating, after going on the road to Qatar and the United States although he could not complete his feat losing the final 1-0 against Mexico.
The Panamanians were the most consistent team in the tournament, leaving a good impression in every game, an example of the progress of the Central American team.

With the match played last Sunday, the Panamanians have collected three finals gold cup, and although they have not managed to win the trophy yet, it is the Central American country with the most finals played.
after the big one Gold Cup 2023will probably rise to the third best team in the next ranking of FIFA selections concacaf and the best in Central America.

“For 10 or 20 years, it has been gaining importance in that tournament gold cup, to the extent that we are fighting for the finals,” said the former captain of the national team Panamanian, Mario Anthony Torres.

Part of the improvement is the result of the hand of a Spanish-Danish technician Thomas Christiansen, who replaced the rustic style of the Panamanians with a refined one, where greater possession of the ball and good tactical organization prevail.

Panama in numbers
Panama he finished golden cup with good collective and individual numbers.
They passed the group stage without defeat, with 7 points, with two wins and a draw, with six goals for and 4 against.

They defeated in the elimination round Taste 4-0 and eliminated the United States in a tense penalty shootout.
In individual statistics, Ismael Diaz He was the Panamanian scorer with four goals, right behind Jesús Ferreira, the American representative, the first scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.

Also Diaz He was the most decisive in attack, with 18 shots on goal.
The Panamanians showed better offensive efficiency between the 60th and 75th minutes, when they scored 5 goals.
Of the 11 goals they scored in the Cup, six were played, 5 with headers.

Adalberto Carrasquilla he won the award for the most useful player Gold Cup 2023 and it was the one that made the most mistakes: 17.
Eric Davis was the best assister on the team, 3rd overall.
It was also the team that scored the most goals in the tournament, with 90 fouls committed.

good game Panama He was recorded in the general statistics by making 3,303 passes, making him the first in this section.
The most effective in passes was the central one Andres Andrade with 427 (375 correct and 52 incorrect).

trust the process
The Panama Football Federation (Fepafut) held on to Christiansen despite qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and allowed him to consolidate the group. The coach is celebrating his third year of leading the team.

You see there is a positive change in the whole idea of ​​the game, in the whole structure of the senior team, said the former assistant coach Panamanian team, Ángel Sánchez.

He added that there is a group of players committed to the process and that the talent of each is well channeled by Christiansen and the coaching staff.
Christiansen, in his second appearance in Gold Cup toahead of Panama, he led the team to its first final, erasing its debut in 2021 when it was left out in the group stage.