MIAMI, United States, CMC – Minnows Barbados misplaced their fourth on the trot regardless of a brace of penalties from Austria-based ahead Thierry Gale, as they slumped to a 5-2 defeat to the Dominican Republic within the CONCACAF Nations League on Monday night time.
Gale’s tenth-minute penalty on the Estadio Cibao handed Barbados a shock lead. Nonetheless, Dorny Romero’s hat-trick within the thirtieth, forty eighth, and 79th minutes rapidly dashed any hopes the guests harbored of a shock end result.
The defeat left the Barbadians backside of Group B and hazard of being relegated from League B. On the identical time, the Dominican Republic notched their third win in 4 outings to substantiate second place within the group behind unbeaten Nicaragua.
Barbados continued to leak objectives, and Monday noticed them concede 5 for the third straight sport.
Gale’s opening penalty got here after goalkeeper Xavier Valdez introduced down Shane Codrington within the field, however Riki Alba surged by way of the Barbados protection moments later to equalize.
Romero’s first aim gave the DR a 2-1 half-time lead, and the 25-year-old stretched the hosts’ lead on resumption when he headed house Angel Melo’s cross within the forty eighth.
Heinz Mörschel put the DR out of sight with a 59-minute strike, and regardless that Gale grabbed a second penalty within the 66th minute, Romero accomplished his hat-trick along with his third header following a nook.
In Group C, St Vincent and the Grenadines, we conceded late to waste a chance to take a share of the factors in a 3-2 loss to French Guiana.
Enjoying away at Stade Pierre Aliker, the Vincentians had been within the contest when Cornelius Stewart equalized with the second of his brace within the 73rd minute.
Nonetheless, Jules Haabo received the winner three minutes later to ship complete factors for French Guiana, which noticed them high the group and proceed their push for promotion to League A.
Stewart’s Sixteenth-minute strike had leveled the sport following Thomas Nemouthe’s ninth-minute opener earlier than Franz Gaubert scored on the stroke of half-time to offer French Guiana the sting.
SVG lay second within the group on six factors following their second loss.
In different video games performed, Nicaragua beat Montserrat 3-0 in Group B of League B, whereas in League C, Saint Martin crushed Anguilla 8-0 in Basseterre, Turks and Caicos Islands drew 2-2 with British Virgin Islands in Providenciales.
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