Panama welcomes El Salvador in search of a direct stake in the Qatar 2022 World Cup | football | Sports

Panama receives El Salvador on Tuesday and sets its sights on the arenas of CONCACAF that offer direct access to Qatar 2022, before a rival runs out of its last cartridges so as not to be eliminated from the World Cup battle.

The match, which will be played at Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City from 20:05 local time, comes at an exciting moment for the Canaleros team, after returning against Honduras, and visiting and in an epic way, with two goals in 10 minutes, and returning home with a 3-2 victory.

In the retreat area

The Eight Concacaf Scholarships Three direct places for the first three secret, in addition to the possibility of having chasing for the fourth.

Panama is currently in fourth place with 11 points, behind the United States and Mexico with 14 points and Canada with 13 points. Costa Rica, Jamaica and El Salvador continue with six units, while Honduras in the background has 3 points.

A local victory could strengthen those led by the Danish Spaniard, Thomas Christiansen, To one of those first three seats. He will even make his immediate atheists sweat, who will see the consolation prize disappear.

without stress

However, Christiansen does not want to hear about the duty to win El Salvador. “I don’t like the word commitment, commitment creates stress and creates additional stress,” said the Panama captain.

However, he admitted it He wants all three points to get to the January window With ‘greater distance With competitors behind us’ and closer to the top positions.

Anibal Godoy returns to the national team after serving a penalty match, while Alfredo Stephens will be sent off for accumulating cards.

The date with the public, after FIFA’s decision to abolish the penalty for playing behind closed doors for anti-gay chants, will be in a precautionary manner.

Only the victory is worth

El Salvador reaches the canal lands with a commitment to win. The loss could leave La Selecta eight points from the playoffs, forcing him to perform a major feat in the rest of the eight shape to finish at least fourth.

However, the feelings of the Salvadorans are not good, after the painful draw at home against Jamaica.

“We need to win, Panama won in Honduras and this forces us to try to win in Panama to stay close to that group that is fighting for fourth place,” said Salvadoran coach Hugo Perez.

With the exception of midfielder Marvin Monterosa, who obtained permission from the technical team for “personal reasons”, the rest of the team traveled to Panama.

“We know it’s a tough match,” Perez said, but “you have to have a calm mind” and “go out connected with behavior to be able to do what we want.”

Concacaf has allotted three direct places for the World Cup, and the fourth seed will play a playoff against a team from another continent.

Possible alignment

Panama: Luis Mejia; Michael Murillo, Fidel Escobar, Andres Andrade, Eric Davis; Anibal Godoy, Adalberto Carrascoela, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Christian Martinez, Freddy Gondola; Rolando Blackburn. DT: Thomas Christiansen

El Salvador: Mario Gonzalez; Brian Tamakas, Alexander Larin, Eric Zavaleta, Alexander Roldan; Christian Martinez, Ronald Rodriguez, Brian Landaverde; Jairo Henriquez, Joaquin Rivas and Enrico Duenas. DT: Hugo Perez.