Henry MartÃn scored on a diving header 44 seconds into the 2nd half, and Mexico beat Haiti 3-1 Thursday night to clinch a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.
MartÃn headed Uriel Antuna‘s cross past goalkeeper Alexandre Pierre for his 11th global objective. Haiti’s Ricardo Adé provided Mexico a 2-0 lead with an own objective in the 56th when he poked in Jesús Gallardo‘s cross for OrbelÃn Pineda
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Haiti scored its 3rd objective in 11 matches versus Mexico and initially because 1981 when Danley Jean Jacques averted Johan Vásquez and headed Derrick Etienne‘s cross past Guillermo Ochoa in the 78th.
Santiago Giménez got his 3rd global objective in the 83rd, poking in Antuna’s cross.
” Every coach out there is specified by his gamers. There is a great human group and a fantastic environment, and those are huge elements. Today, we took a huge action,” Mexico interim coach Jaime Lozano stated after protecting his 2nd success in 2 video games because he changed Diego Cocca.
Mexico, which opened with a 4-0 thrashing of Honduras, closes Group B on Sunday versus welcomed visitor Qatar at Santa Clara, California. Haiti, which opened with a 2-1 win over Qatar, plays Honduras at Charlotte, North Carolina.
In the doubleheader opener, Alberth Elis scored 5:45 into 6 set up minutes of second-half interruption time, offering Honduras a 1-1 draw versus Qatar. Tameem Mansour scored in the seventh minute.