International football
The Canalero team, which lost 1-0 to Mexico the final of the previous Gold Cup in 2023, was put up 4-0 on the Caribbean before 25 minutes at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium.
The Panama National Team faced and thrashed Guadalupe. (Free Press Photo: Fepafut Panama)
Panama thrashed Guadalupe 5-2 on Monday in his debut in Group C of the Gold Cup of The 2025 Concacafin a match played in Carson, California.
The Canalero team, which lost 1-0 against Mexico the final of the previous Gold Cup in 2023, was put up 4-0 on the Caribbean before 25 minutes at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium.
The Panamanian scorer batch started in the 6th minuteWhen Cristián Martínez sent the ball to the network after assistance from Jorge Gutiérrez.
In the 14th minute, Ismael Díaz received a center of Murillo from the right and shot at the goalkeeper Brice Cognard, for 2-0.
Three minutes later, Díaz himself marked 3-0 by finishing off from outside the area.
The fourth Panamanian goal arrived as a penalty in the 22nd minute by Eduardo Guerrero after a hand of Nathanaël Saintini, which the judge charged after reviewing in the VAR.
Only then did Guadalupe seemed, who In 2009 he reached the quarterfinals of the Gold Cupyour best performance so far.
In a bad exit from Panama, the ball arrived in Jordan Leborgne that with a powerful shot from outside the area that was hung at the left angle of the goalkeeper Orlando Mosquera and scored the 4-1, in the 29th minute. The Caribbean team had another good option when the first period expired.
Florian David marked the partial 4-2 in the 71st minute, after a foul of the newly admitted José Córdoba, which was also verified by the VAR.
At 90 minutes, Tomás Rodríguez scored 5-2 final.
The Canalera national team will face Guatemala on Friday and Jamaica; Meanwhile, Guadalupe will play with Jamaica on Friday and close the group stage on Tuesday 24 against Guatemala.