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HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 21 (acn) Cuban men's soccer team was beaten 4-0 by Panama, as visitor, in a friendly match held yesterday night at Rommel Fernandez Stadium .

According to the limited information published on Internet, the first half of the match finished scoreless, thanks to Cuban goalkeeper Diosvelis Guerra saved a penalty kick taken by Richard Peralta.

But the Cuban defensive debacle came in the second half when the Panamanians scored four goals in just 23 minutes.

Darwin Pinzón opened the score in the 67th minute, while Juan De Garcia added a second in 70 '. Four minutes later, Finch increased the lead with his second goal of the match and Ismael Diaz scored the fourth in 90 + 2 '.

After this pale result, the Cuban team coached by Walter Benitez will go today to Guatemala, where they'll play another game on Saturday against the local national squad.

Benítez´s pupils are training for the Caribbean Cup, which they won last year, event to held in Jamaica, from November 6 to 11.