Global Courant
Charlotte, United States.
The wild cry of I paint it unleashed an entire country hungry for joy, but the capricious round wanted the joy of triumph to be overshadowed with an elimination that was written on another stage. Yeah, Honduras closed the group stage with a 2-1 win over Haiti, but was removed from Gold Cup 2023 for the 1-0 of Qatar over Mexico.
Thus, with that bittersweet taste, the Bicolor knocked down the Haitians in a match in which they showed a combination of rebellion with stretches of good football and in which they came from less to more with several high points.
Jerry Bentson argued why he is the great goalscorer in the National League in recent times, Jorge Alvarez remembered to show the magic, Maylor recalled his good crosses and Marcelo Santos put on the caudillo suit to risk his life on every ball against those two puzzlers: Duckens Nazon and Franzdy Pierrot.
Between the two gunners, the 1-0 that Derick Etienne had previously forgiven in the one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
Edrick Menjívar threw Nazon’s whiplash and Pierrot Silenced (1-0, at 19) a Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, which hosted a large number of hard-core fans.
José Mario Pinto signs the winning goal
Diego’s desperate screams reflected the disorientation of the H, but -perhaps- they caused the awakening of a Honduran team that realized that they had to attack to have a chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals.
Devron pardoned with a header and goalkeeper Alexandre Pierre stopped a blast from Benguché, but Jerry Bentson He found gold at 41. A precise center from Maylor and a header from Ostrich to make it 1-1.
Bengtson’s immediate 2-1 warning made it clear that Honduras was back and that they would come to win it in the second half.
So it was. A masterful pass from Álvarez was translated into a celebration by Pinto with a cross whiplash: 2-1, at 58.
The rest was to suffer (Haiti shook the vertical) and wait for Mexico to lend a hand… But help never came.
The sad faces of the players on the field portrayed a bittersweet triumph. The Honduran team returns home in the first round. Failure…
STARTING LINEUPS:
Honduras: Edrick Menjívar, Devron García, Marcelo Santos, Maylor Núñez, Joseph Rosales, Jorge Álvarez, Jorge Pinto, Omar Elvir, Deybi Flores, Jerry Bengtson and Jorge Benguché.
Haiti: Alexandre Pierre, Carlens Arcus, Ricardo Adé, Garven-Michee Metusala, Alex Christian, Derrick Etienne Jr., Danley Jean, Carl Sainte, Duckens Nazon, Frantzdy Pierrot and Carnejy Antoine.
