Sports Desk (USA), Jun 26 (EFE).- Panamanian player José Córdoba admitted on Wednesday, on the eve of the Copa América match against the United States, that set pieces are doing a lot of damage to the Central American team.
“We know that the set pieces have affected us a lot. In these last games we have conceded goals,” said Córdoba, a center back for English Norwich City who has emerged as the leader of the Panamanian defensive line, in a press conference.
In the 3-1 win against Uruguay in the opening match of the tournament, Panama conceded a goal from a set piece, while in the warm-up friendly against Paraguay (1-0) played a few days before, the only goal by the South Americans also came from a dead ball. stopped.
“We are focused on improving that part. They are details, we have learned from that and we will go in more focused,” said Córdoba.
The defender thus responded to the message sent today by his coach, Thomas Christiansen, who demanded that his men “totally concentrate” from the start whistle.
Panama and the United States will play tomorrow starting at 6:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. GMT) at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta (Georgia), the stadium of the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and Atlanta United of the MLS. EFE
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