La Jornada – El Tri redeems itself in the Gold Cup, defeating a weak Honduras

Mexico City. And the national team raised morale in the Gold Cup against a weak Honduras team. In Jaime Lozano’s debut as interim coach, the tricolor disguised themselves with a 4-0 victory over the bad moments they accumulated from the World Cup to the final CONCACAF Nations League, where the United States was declared the regional champion.

Hidden treasures of all times and places, Lozano found his mascot in the goals of Luis Romo (min 1, 22), a player he improved in the U-20 category for Queretaro FC and with whom he took to the podium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With no championship or medal at stake, Romo marveled at that milestone he had in his early days as a professional and clinched a heavy game at the start of a new tournament.

On several counter-plays in the area, the Sinaloan midfielder opened the scoring after 50 seconds with a left-footed shot that beat goalkeeper Luis Lopez Fernandez. The goal lifted thousands of fans from their seats who had gathered at NRG Stadium, home of the Houston Texans, but it also made Lozano jump with emotion in ecstatic celebration.

Romo appeared decisively again half an hour ago, in a corner kick that was blocked by Jesus Gallardo, who was responsible for pushing his head (23).

With dominance from one end to the other, Tricolor de Lozano swooped in to close out the game with more celebrations. In this research, the goals of Orbelin Pineda (52) and Luis Chavez (64) appeared, two elements who questioned their low level in previous commitments and have now turned into axes of imbalance in attack.

With this result, Tricolor reached first place in Group B above Haiti, who defeated Qatar 2-1 on the opening day. Trinidad and Tobago, for its part, beat St. Kitts and Nevis 3-0, moving into Sector A where they are rivals to the United States.