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The Mexican team achieved its second victory in this edition of the Gold Cup after beating Haiti 2-0, which resisted in the first half, but could not help but succumb to a ‘Tri’ who is now the leader group B, in which Honduras and Qatar had tied earlier by a score of 1-1.

The rhythm of the game was practically monotonous for the ‘Azteca’ team, which took the opportunity to wear their uniform for the first time and shot 19 times in the first half, five of them on target and three with serious chances of ending in a goal, but their fortune did not end. to smile and ended up going goalless at half-time.

However, things got even better for the second half when, in the first minute of it, Henry Martin appeared to score Mexico’s first goal and the first great assist that Uriel Antuna would have in the match.

Said goal not only served to open the scoring, but it was also the impulse that the Central Americans needed to attack with greater forcefulness, and boy did it happen because the attack by the Mexican team caused the opponent’s mistake and managed to extend their advantage with a Own goal by Ricardo Ade at minute 56.

The Haitian team had a slight reaction at 78′ when, thanks to a corner, they managed to discount through Danley Jean Jacques and made the ‘Tri’ sweat for a moment.

But only five minutes later, at 83′, Santi Giménez appeared to seal the result with an impressive counter led by Uriel Antuna who sent himself a long run and sent a creeping cross that ended up connecting with the Feyenoord striker to excite the fans present in Arizona State Farm Stadium.

With this result, the ‘Azteca’ team remains undefeated in two rounds, in which it has achieved six points to remain the leader of Group B of the Gold Cup.

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By Scribe