Cuba loses to Panama in futsal tournament

HAVANA, Cuba, May 13 (acn) In an interesting game that went to overtime, Cuba lost 5-6 to Panama, in one of the semifinals of the 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship tournament in Costa Rica.

As reflected the event's website, Panamanians took slight advantage in the first half, with three consecutive goals by Michael de Leon, in the sixth minute, and two in a row by Angel Sanchez (12´ and 14´).
Meanwhile, in the 15 ', Dennys Marquez scored for Cuba, but Carlos Perez scored at 20' for Panamanians, thus finishing the first half with a 4-1 lead.
But in the second half, pupils of Coach Clemente Reynoso managed materialized an unexpected recovery by scoring four consecutive goals through Jhonnet Martinez, Sandy Dominguez, Marquez and Reinier Fiallo, in minutes 21, 25, 29 and 33, respectively.
However, Carlos Perez scored again for Panama at 34 'and thus sent the game to extra time, phase in which Fernando Mena scored the goal of Panamanian victory at 42'
After this result, Cuba will fight for the bronze medal on Saturday against Guatemala, which lost in the other semifinal 1-7 to Costa Rica, so Panamanians and Costa Ricans will play for the scepter. These four teams already qualified for the World Cup in Cali, Colombia, next September.