TEXAS, United States, CMC – Ismael Diaz netted a first-half hat-trick as Panama trounced Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz 4-1 on Tuesday to remove them from the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Taking part in on the Q2 Stadium in Austin, Diaz scored within the fourth, seventeenth, and forty fifth minutes to place his aspect in a dominant place earlier than Tomas Rodriguez sealed the take care of a strike within the 89th minute.
Amarai’i Bell scored Jamaica’s lone aim within the twenty seventh minute, with the end result relegating the Reggae Boyz to 3rd within the group and their earliest exit from the event since 2009.
Needing a win to safe a top-two end and advance to the following spherical, Jamaica bought off to a nightmare begin when Diaz put Panama forward after simply 4 minutes along with his left-footed shot from simply on the sting of the 18-yard field deflecting off Jamaica’s Leon Bailey and giving goalkeeper Andre Blake no likelihood.
Diaz doubled the lead moments later when he powered the ball beneath the physique of Blake from simply contained in the 18-yard field.
Bell pulled one again for the Jamaicans when he headed residence a cross from Dexter Lembikisa. Nonetheless, Panama restored their two-goal benefit on the stroke of halftime when Kasey Palmer pulled down a Panama participant within the field, and Diaz scored from the penalty spot.
Jamaica regarded a lot better sooner or later within the second half however couldn’t convert any of their scoring probabilities.
They had been made to pay when Rodriques scored into an undefended aim with all 11 Jamaican gamers within the Panama half.
