Despite its favorite status for this Gold Cup, Canada was not immune to errors, which caused its loss on Sunday in the quarter -finals against Guatemala.
The small country of Central America notably took advantage of a red card of its rivals to win 1 (6) -1 (5) at the end of a long session of penalties.
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It is precisely on a penalty shot that Canada opened the brand in the 30th minute, Jonathan David not missing this chance. Except that the unifolié defended itself 10 throughout the second half.
It was Jacob Shaffelburg who was the fault, when he served a solid defeat for an opponent. The attacker had received a yellow card earlier in the meeting and the official decided to expel him.
What was to happen happened for Canada. Rubio Rubin equaled the brand in the 69th minute by skillfully deviating a good ball centered by Oscar Santis.
After four goals on each side during the dam fire, Cyle Larin saw his shot be arrested by goalkeeper Kenderson Navarro. All the pressure was on the Canadian porter Dayne St. Clair, but a stroke of luck, José Carlos Pinto completely missed his shot.
A few moments later, it was the defender Luc de Fougerolles who saw his ball fired with power crashing against the transverse bar. Guatemala was not going to miss this opportunity served on a silver set twice. José Morales has marked to bring his country into the Gold Cup AS square for the first time since 1996.
It is a very disappointing result for Canadians, which are classified at the 30th step in the FIFA ranking. In addition to their fourth place in 2021, they were eliminated before the semi-finals eight times in nine editions of the tournament.
Jesse Marsch’s troop had finished in the front row in group B with seven points.
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