Canada qualified for the Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand-2023 after beating Panama 1-0, on Friday in a match from the second day of Group B of the Concacaf Championship W-2022, also qualifying for the Olympic Games in Paris. 2024 and the Gold Cup-2024.
Regarding her starting line-up from the previous match against Trinidad and Tobago, British coach Bev Priestman ordered a five-change formation to face Panama.
Adriana León, striker for English West Ham and one of the novelties that Priestman sent to the field, had two approaches on the Panamanian goal in the first half: a shot and a header.
The canaleras led by the Mexican Ignacio Quintana resisted the Canadian offensive during the first half and their best play was a shot by Laurie Batista, a Tauro midfielder, that went over the crossbar.
Close to the break, Canada forgave an important approach on a shot that went off the side of the post by Nichelle Prince, forward of the Houston Dash of the United States.
In the second half, at minute 47, León rehearsed the shot from outside the area and demanded the shot and the save from the Panamanian goalkeeper Yenith Bailey.
At 64, Julia Grosso received the ball in the heart of the Panamanian area, eluded a defense with a break and scored the only goal of the game.
Grosso, midfielder for Juventus of Italy, thus reached three goals in this Concacaf W Championship with the two he scored on the first day against Trinidad and Tobago.
As the minutes passed, Panama fell into despair as they were unable to counteract the Canadian dominance and did not generate a clear opportunity for a tie.
With this result, Canada reached six points and tied for the leadership of Group B with Costa Rica with the same number of goals (7) and goal difference (+7); Both teams have already qualified for the World Cup to be played in 2023. For its part, Panama was left without points in third place in the sector.
In the first game of the day, also for Group B, Costa Rica thrashed Trinidad and Tobago 4-0, and at the end of the day they secured their ticket to the New Zealand/Australia-2023 World Cup.
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