The United States eliminates Guatemala thanks to two goals from Diego Luna and access the final of the Gold Cup.
Guatemala’s dream of returning to the final of the Gold Cup, as in the 1996, ended this Wednesday in nightmare because of the 21-year-old creative Diego Luna, who punished the Central American team with a double (2-1) and sealed the passage of the United States to the match for the title, this July 6.
With the left leg, the 10 put forward the team of the bars and the stars at 4 minutes in complicity with the goalkeeper Kenderson Navarro, who bounced a remote auction, and with the right he enlarged the abyss in the 15 with a shot from the border of the large area.
So far the party of the Guatemalan fans lasted that filled the stands of the Energizer Park stadium in the city of San Luis (Misuri), in which the United States seemed to be local.
The pupils of Maurico Pochettino took their foot from the accelerator and dedicated themselves to dosing forces in an environment of 32 degrees Celsius and play with the need of the rival, who did not show shows of rebellion in the first half.
On the other hand, in the 44th minute Navarro goalkeeper amended his failure in the first goal by neutralizing a ball with a flight to the bottom of the network driven by Sebastian Berhalter.
In the second half, Mexican coach Luis Fernando Tena decided to burn the ships with the remodeling of his medullary line with the entry of Jonathan Franco, Oscar Castellanos and Olger Escobar, all in the 65th minute.
Five minutes later it was the turn of the striker couple formed by Rubio Rubín and Pedro Altán, who gave their positions to Darwin Lom and Archimedes Ordóñez.
The Tena Revolution since the first wave of changes gave revenues 15 minutes later thanks to the appearance of Olger Escobar, an end born 18 years ago in Boston and that stands out in the ranks of the Montreal.
With the narrow advantage they returned the ghosts to the ranks of the United States, whose players had to be used thoroughly to resist the siege of the rival of the blue strip.
The match ended with a messy and constant siege on the goal of Mathe Freese, who at the edge of the 90 minutes flew to the root of his vertical right to clear the ball thrown by the left -handed side José Morales.
The Guatemalan party came back on the stands, but there was not much time. The powerful reaction was late.
The selection led by the Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino awaits in the final the winner of the other semifinal match that will later play the current champion, Mexico, and Honduras.
The United States seeks to conquer this July 6 the title of the Gold Cup that raised for the last time in 2021.
The tournament’s decision will be played this Sunday at the NRG Stadium, in the city of Houston (Texas).
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