2024-08-14 06:54:29
Mission accomplished! In the third week of the Concacaf Central American Cup 2024 he Guatemalan team He presented himself before her hubby in search of the Antigua GFC vs CAI Panama resultto fight for a place in the next round.
Motivated by their followers who arrived at the Pensive Stadiumthe footballers of Former GFC They faced the Panamanian representative who made things difficult for them, but they knew how to rescue the result. Below we tell you how the duel developed group C of the Central American CupHow cool!
2024 Concacaf Central American Cup: Antigua GFC vs CAI Result
He equipment Panamanian Independent Athletic Club (CAI) He had already announced that he would come to Guatemala in search of the result, the one that would help him to be in the fight for one of the places in the quarter finals and so he demonstrated during the party.
For the team of technician Javier Lopez Lopez Things didn’t go as expected in the first time where he was the one who did the wearing down and set the pace of the match.
However, to the Antiguans They had a hard time reacting and paid dearly for their mistakes, like what happened in the 26th minute when a pour from goal to goal ended up confusing the goalkeeper Luis Moranwho moved far away from the goal and left the spherical a Martin Ruiz to put up the visitors on the scoreboard.
With the result against 0-1, the green belly They put more pressure on the Panamanian painting and insisted on the goal of Eddie Robertswho when challenged reacted well and that’s how they went into the break.
Old GFC 2-1 CAI
In it second half Things changed for the Guatemalans when Christian Hernandez He took a corner kick and the Argentine Santiago Gomez He took advantage of the fact that he was not well marked to finish with his head and beat goalkeeper Roberts, to get the tie 1-1.
With equality the Guatemalans They gained more confidence and controlled the partywhich helped them to find the second goal that would give them victory. It was in the 81st minute that the Panamanians again made a bad marking and left Romario da Silva alone to define the match with 2-1.
Former GFC got the result that he needed to stay in classification zone and wait for the results of their group rivals.
What’s next for Antigua GFC?
With this result of the third match los Antiguans They have accumulated 7 points, which allows them to place themselves at the top of Group C, with one more point than CD Olimpia of Honduras, with 6, which will not have activity this week.
In the first two games, the Antiguans They added four points as a result of a 1-4 away win against Port Layola of Belize, and a 0-0 draw against Águila of El Salvador, at home.
That is why this third meeting was decisive, because the green belly They will visit CD Olimpia, who next week will visit Águila de El Salvador, so in the last journeyon Thursday, August 29, 2024, will define the leadership and who advance to the quarterfinals.
Santiago Gomez heads the ball and ties it for Antigua! ⚪🟢 pic.twitter.com/DGac5UTotO
— Concacaf Champions Cup (@TheChampions) August 13, 2024
Focused on the Central American Cup
Antigua GFC will rest next week in the Central American Cupwhile this week the other Guatemalans who will have activity are FC Communications when they receive the Marathón of Honduras and CSD Municipal to Guanacasteca of Costa Rica. Both clubs also need to win.
The 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup began with a group stage (four groups of five clubs each), where each equipment will play against all the campuses of their sector once, for a total of four matches per club (two at home and two away). This will be played from July 30 to August 29, 2024.
Romario Da Silva finishes inside the six-yard box and puts Antigua ahead! ⚽ pic.twitter.com/JXRcSAPfaw
— Concacaf Champions Cup (@TheChampions) August 13, 2024
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