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At the end of the I find that Panama beat the United States 2-1 for the second date of Group C of the America Cupthere was tension due to the expulsion of Adalberto Carrasquilla by a terrible kick Christian Pulisic, which led to a brawl between the players of the two teams. Then there were more fouls from the Central American team, which raised the temperature on the playing field. Mercedes-Benz Stadium from Atlanta.
It was at 87 minutes when Carrasquilla He threw himself vehemently against the American striker. He kicked him violently from behind and the American’s anger was immediate: he went to look for him, he hit the Panamanian figure, who at the time also saw the red card of Ivan Arcides Barton Cisneros.
The issue did not end there as the colleagues of Pulisic They went in search of Carrasquilla, who was separated by the other Panamanian players. At that moment some blows flew, there were pushing and grabbing. The melee was brief, but it could have ended worse.
Carrasquillawho plays in the United States as he is part of the Houston Dynamo FC of the Major League Soccer (MLS), realized his mistake and the disappointment on his face was eloquent. He wanted to explain that he went for the ball, but his reaction was clearly out of place.
The Panamanian midfielder is one of the main figures in his cast and will miss at least one game. On the next date his team will play for qualification to the quarterfinals against Boliviaon the last day of the tournament, which will take place this Monday. Both matches will be played at the same time, at 10 pm in Argentina.
The Central American team entered the conversation to be able to get into the top eight of the tournament in an area where in principle Uruguay and the locals aimed to keep the two places in their group.
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It was a meeting in which USA was conditioned from the 17th minute by the expulsion of Timothy Weah. However, the locals opened the scoring at 22 minutes through Folarin Balogun. Panama equalized at 27 minutes with the goal of Caesar Blackman.
With numerical superiority, Panama He looked for it in the second half and at the end (87 minutes) he got the second goal through Jose Fajardo Nelson, who defined first within the area. Then came the expulsion of Carrrasquilla In the epilogue of a heated duel between two teams that know each other well from their clashes in the tournaments of the Concacaf.
With this victory, Panama provisionally reached the top with 3 points, as did USA. Although the meeting of Uruguay (also with 3 points) who beat the Panamanians 3-1 in their first match. Bolivia They fell 2-0 in their debut against the Americans.
For now the only ones classified for the quarterfinals are Argentinawho won their first two matches in Group A, and Venezuelawho did the same in Group B.
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