The CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals get underway this evening with Mexico among the teams looking to reach the semi-finals.Â
Here is a round-up of tonight’s action.
Honduras reach Gold Cup semi-finals on penalties
Scorers:Â DÃaz 45+1′, Lozano 82′
The Panamanians dominated the opening 45 minutes with 10 shots and 71% possession.
At the end of the first-half, Panama finally opened the scoring after Honduras’Â Edwin RodrÃguez pulled down Cristian MartÃnez just inside the 18-yard box, resulting in a penalty for Panama.
Ismael DÃaz stepped up and calmly slotted the penalty into the bottom-left corner, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.
DÃaz, who leads the tournament’s golden boot race, has now scored six of Panama’s 11 Gold Cup goals.
Honduras scored a late second-half equaliser as a corner deflected into the path of Carlos Pineda, whose shot took another deflection off Anthony Lozano and in.
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At full-time, the match headed straight to penalties.
After Panama were denied the post, Honduras had the chance to win the match but missed their fifth penalty, sending the shootout to sudden death.
However, it didn’t matter as Eduardo Guerrero’s shot sailed over the bar and Carlos Pineda drilled a decisive penalty into the bottom-left corner to win it for Honduras.
So, after an unlikely comeback, Honduras advance to the Gold Cup semi-finals. They will face the winner of Mexico vs Saudi Arabia.
Mexico vs Saudi Arabia still to come
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