Jamaica (2) vs. Panama (3) – Results

The Panama National Team, thanks to a wonderful comeback in the match against Jamaica at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium this Sunday on matchday 10 of the CONCACAF qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, managed to stay in the area that grants the ticket to the intercontinental playoff and, they are squeezing the teams that are in the top three places.

From the beginning of the match, things were very complicated for Panama, since, from minute 5 itself, after Godoy’s infraction, causing a penalty, the West Ham striker, Michail Antonio, tricked the Panamanian goalkeeper Luis Mejía, to score the 0-1.

From this moment on, Panama was faithful to its style and took possession of the ball, but the great saves of André Blake, Jamaican goalkeeper, prevented the score from being tied.

Bordering the 16 minutes of the game, a push inside the area to Alberto Quintero, which was reviewed in the VAR, sanctioned a penalty for Panama, which was later wasted by Eric Davis, by sending his shot into the middle, covered by Blake.

A shot directly to the post at 40 minutes by Fidel Escobar was the warning that the Panamanian tie was practically imminent, which came two minutes later, when a cross to the far post ended in confusion by defender Javain Brown, scoring a goal in against to even the score at 1-1.

Arriving at 50 minutes of the game, Eric Davis vindicated himself with his fans scoring the 2-1 for Panama, after being very attentive on the edge of the area and taking advantage of the rebound left by the Jamaican goalkeeper against a shot by Yoel Bárcenas.

After intense claims by Panama in Jamaica’s area, in the 53rd minute Harold Cumming had to leave the field due to discomfort and in his place, Azmahar Ariano entered, who was the one who at minute 68, after a corner kick, enabled by Rolando Blackburn, scored the 3-1 lead for his team against the difficult team of Jamaica.

When everything seemed doomed, Jamaica said that all was not over and, thanks to an excellent attack, Jamaica managed to get close in the 85th minute with a very good header from Andre Gray.

Panama managed to maintain the 3-2 result and managed to win an excellent victory in these qualifiers that, with Mexico’s tie and USA’s defeat against Canada, are only 1 point behind second place in the table, so, the 4 remaining games for all teams will be life or death.