Gold Cup: Mexico defeats Costa Rica 2-0 to advance to semifinals
In the other quarterfinal match played on Saturday, Panama thrashed Qatar 4-0 to seal their place in the next round.
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The Mexican national soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2023 after defeating Costa Rica 2-0 in the quarterfinal match played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Orbelín Pineda and Erick Sánchez scored the winning goals for Mexico.
"El Tri" is now awaiting its opponent for the semifinal, which will come out of Sunday's match between Guatemala and Jamaica.
Lineups and a new record from Mexico-Costa Rica
Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa (C), César Montes, Edson Álvarez, Johan Vásquez, Luis Romo, Uriel Antuna, Orbelín Pineda, Luis Chávez, Jorge Sánchez, Henry Martín, Jesús Gallardo.
Costa Rica: Kevin Chamorro, Juan Pablo Vargas, Celso Borges (C), Anthony Contreras, Josimar Alcocer, Cristopher Núñez, Joel Campbell, Francisco Calvo, Kendall Waston, Wilmer Azofeifa, Jefry Valverde.
After this match, Celso Borges set the record for most appearances by a player in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals with six games, surpassing Landon Donovan of the United States, Bryan Ruiz of Costa Rica, Jaime Penedo, Gabriel Gómez and Román Torres of Panama.
Panama defeats Qatar 4-0, also on to semifinals
On the other hand, Panama's national team defeated Qatar 4-0 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, also advancing to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2023.
The game's goals were scored by Édgar Bárcenas and a hat-trick by Ismael Díaz. Panama now awaits the winner of Sunday's quarterfinal between the United States and Canada.
Lineups and a new record from Panama-Qatar
Panama: Orlando Mosquera, Fidel Escobar, Harold Cummings, Andrés Andrade, Édgar Yoel Bárcenas, Aníbal Godoy, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Eric Davis, Ismael Díaz, Alberto Quintero and José Fajardo.
Qatar: Salah Zakaria, Musab Khoder, Ahmed Suhail, Yousef Ayman, Homan Ahmed, Bassam Al-Rawi, Ali Asad, Assim Madibo, Mustafa Meshaal, Hazem Ahmed and Almoez Ali.
Ismael Díaz became the first player to score a hat trick in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. In addition, Díaz scored the fastest hat trick in Gold Cup history with three goals in just 9 minutes.
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