In this episode, Santiago and Francisco recap Mexico’s win over Haiti in the GoldCup.
Contributors
Santiago Leon – @sleon
Francisco Flores – @franciscobcp
MEX 3 HAI 1
Goals: Henry Martin 56’, Ricardo ADe 56’ (OG), Santiago Gimenez 83’
Haiti: Danley Jean Jacques 78’
Henry Martín scored on a diving header 44 seconds into the second half, and Mexico beat Haiti 3-1 Thursday night to clinch a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.
Martín headed Uriel Antuna’s cross past goalkeeper Alexandre Pierre for his 11th international goal. Haiti’s Ricardo Adé gave Mexico a 2-0 lead with an own goal in the 56th when he poked in Jesús Gallardo’s cross for Orbelín Pineda.
Haiti scored its third goal in 11 matches against Mexico and first since 1981 when Danley Jean Jacques evaded Johan Vásquez and headed Derrick Etienne’s cross past Guillermo Ochoa in the 78th.
Santiago Giménez got his third international goal in the 83rd, poking in Antuna’s cross.
Mexico, which opened with a 4-0 rout of Honduras, closes Group B on Sunday against invited guest Qatar at Santa Clara, California. Haiti, which opened with a 2-1 win over Qatar, plays Honduras at Charlotte, North Carolina.
Table
MEX 6
HAI 3
QUAT 1
HON 1
Other scores
Quatar 1 Hond 1
St. Kitts 0 USA 6
Guatemala 1 Cuba 0
PREDICTIONS
Martinique vs Panama 6:30pm ET
FF: Panama
El Salvador vs Costa Rica – 8:30pm
FF: Costa Rica
Saturday
Cuba vs Guadeloupe
FF: Draw
Guatemala vs Canada
FF: Canada
Sunday
Jamaica vs St. Kitts
FF: Draw
USA vs T&T
FF: T&T
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