MEXICO SHOWS IT CARES\Guatemala falls in semifinal match\MEXICO 1, GUATEMALA 0.Byline: Kevin Acee Special to the Daily News Players from Mexico and Guatemala had to be separated in the first minute of Friday's CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Gold Cup semifinal match. Already, it was clear Mexico had a different strategy for Friday's game than it employed in Sunday's victory over Guatemala: The Mexicans were playing like they cared. They won by the same 1-0 score Friday as they did Sunday, when they played as if disinterested but beat this same Guatemalan team at Jack Murphy The name Jack Murphy can refer to:
Friday night, in front of 42,221, Mexico played with passion. It controlled the game and ran circles around the outmanned Guatemalans. The goal, in the 64th minute, came off a throw-in from Joaquin Del Olmo to Cuauhtemoc Blanco in the penalty box. Blanco split two defenders then slid the ball under Guatemalan goalkeeper Edgar Estrada Edgar Eladio Estrada Solís (born November 16, 1967), popularly known as "El Gato" (the cat) is a Guatemalan footballer who has played goalkeeper for several clubs in Guatemala's top division. He was capped 80 times for the Guatemala national football team. and past Guatemalan defenders Erick Roberto Miranda Roberto Lopes de Miranda, best known as Roberto (born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro State, July 31, 1944) was a former Brazilian footballer in striker role. In career (1962–1976) he played for Botafogo, Flamengo, Corinthians and América. and Jorge Rodas. Rodas touched the ball just before it crossed the line, but there was no way he could have stopped the goal by that time anyway. The victory put Mexico in Sunday's 4 p.m. final at the Coliseum against Brazil. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. will play Guatemala in the third-place match at 2 p.m. The winner of the third-place match will then root for Brazil in the final. If Brazil, which is actually represented by an under-23 team instead of its national team, wins the tournament, Mexico and the third-place team will play a home-and-home series to decide who represents CONCACAF in next January's Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Cup may refer to:
The Gold Cup is, after all, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. Brazil was invited in order to return the favor of the United States and Mexico being invited to the 1993 Copa America in South America. If Mexico, which has been up and down in winning four of the seven games since Bora bo·ra n. A violent, cold, northeasterly winter wind on the Adriatic Sea. [Italian dialectal, from Latin Bore Milutinovic returned as coach in August, plays with the fire it did Friday, it might have a chance against the Brazilian team that has been so impressive this tournament. Guatemala's two first-half shots were as many as it had the entire game Sunday, when it lost on a goal by Eustacio Rizo in the 88th minute. But Friday's spirited contest was nowhere near the same type game as Sunday. Mexico's superior talent was far more evident Friday. Mexico had six shots in the first half, a few of which were not goals only because Estrada, the Guatemalan goalkeeper, was again brilliant. Play was stopped twice in the first half as Estrada writhed writhe v. writhed, writh·ing, writhes v.intr. 1. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment. 2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion. 3. To suffer acutely. on the ground in seemingly excruciating pain. |
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