Panama has no excuses against Costa Rica in the League of Nations

Panama You have no excuse, you will face the Costa Rica urgently, in a crucial match for a ticket to The Final Four of the Concacaf League of Nations in it National Stadium in Las Sabanas in San José, today (21:00 local time).

While Panama rested, concentrated on Penonomé, Coclé, selection Costa Rica suffered a beating Martinique 1-2 on Caribbean soil, the Ticos scored their two goals in stoppage time.

Historically, in official matches on points, Panama has not been able to win Costa Rica at home, the only thing he achieved were draws like the one in the duel World Cup in Italy 1990. which was 1-1 with a goal by René Mendieta.

The second was a draw (0-0) under the lead Hernan “El Bolillo” Gomez in the qualifiers for Russia 2018.

In a friendly match, Panama They only managed to defeat Costa Rica at home once and that was with the coach Thomas Christiansen, 0-1 with a goal by Abdiel Ayarza in October 2020.

The match against Costa Rica is crucial and complicated, the players of Panama recognize that, “we played very good matches on Costa Rica, although we didn’t manage to beat them at home, but I think this team is ready, confident that we will get a good result and we will go with that mentality,” he said. Alberto “Negrito” Quintero about his opponent tonight.

“Negrito” Quintero He admitted that it was difficult to win away to San José, but he noted that they are “very eager” to achieve a good result and seal their place in the final stage of the tournament.

The Costa Ricans were criticized by the media in their country for the way they defeated Martinique and as soon as possible Panama You can’t manage that luxury.

“We want to go to the Final Four. In our house (San José) vs Panama we have to win no matter what, it’s a Central American classic, a tough game and so we’re focusing on that game, the truth is we want to bring joy to the country,” Tico defender Kendall Waston said, according to his opinion on Radio Columbia de Costa Ricaafter they beat Martinique.

Panama he arrived in San José yesterday on a private flight, with the aim of winning a positive result against Costa Rica for a place in the Final Four of the League of Nations.

While Luis Mejía repeated that he plays against Costa Rica It’s always “complicated,” but he’s optimistic that the game can move forward.

“We are aware that it will be a difficult game, but with our weapons we will try to make a great game,” admitted Mejía, who is recovering from an injury, during the training of the Panamanian team.

Panama is the leader of Group B of League A with 7 points, u Concacaf Nations League, Costa Rica has 6, and Martinique with one point.

It is the last meeting of the round in group A i Panama With a win or a draw, they advance to the next stage, which is the Final Four, which will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 15-18.