Gallant Bermuda Push Honduras in the thriller with eight goals – The Royal Gazette

The goal scorers of the goal: Kane Crichlow and Djair Parfitt-Williams celebrate Bermuda’s second goal against Honduras (photo by Blaire Simmons)

Bermuda 3 Honduras 5

Bermuda was short of a massive surprise before giving a lead from two goals against Honduras in the preliminary round in the Concacaf Gold Cup last night.

With heavy rain, which blew the flora Duffy stadium in front of the kick -off and the wind in her favor, Michael Findlay’s team used the weather conditions to go 2-0 in the break.

Kane Crichlow fascinated the visitors after 37 seconds and Djair Parfitt-Williams stretched one minute before half-time.

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Honduras scored three goals in six minutes in the second half. Romell Quioto scored twice with Luis Palma, Julián Martínez and José Pinto.

Zeiko Lewis converted a late penalty for the Gombey Warriors when Honduras included a two-goal advantage in the second leg in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday.

Findlay, whose tactics worked for an hour, spoke about how broken his players were after the defeat by the seventh team in the region.

“The boys are disappointed because they put themselves in a great position” The royal gazette.

Djair Parfitt-Williams scores Bermuda’s second goal against Honduras (photo of Blaire Simmons))

“Unfortunately, they couldn’t keep the gate closed. But this is the learning process for us. We saw what happens when you start losing your focus.

“We were incredibly satisfied with the effort and commitment of the players. This is not an easy way to play, and frankly it is not an entertaining way. But sometimes your opponent will determine what we may need to do.

“We planned for this game and we implemented the plan during the preparation week. I can say that the players have delivered a textbook quality in this regard.”

Bermuda took a dream when they scored a goal after a few touches from the start. Enrique Russell sent the ball far to Parfitt-Williams, whereby the cross of the wing player Crichlow found to score with a header.

A minute before the break, Parfitt-Williams used that Grenadian Referee Reon Radix in Bermuda’s favor, a certain hesitation by Edrick Menjívar, the goalkeeper of Honduras, to expand the main role of the home team.

Bermuda middle field player Keziah Martin tries to come past a Honduras player (photo by Blaire Simmons)

After Bermuda’s reverberation admired her opponents with a defense with two debutants with a higher rank, he was injured against the hour during the hour. Kervin Arriaga delivered the cross for Quioto to achieve his first from the night.

The brilliant off-the-ball movement of Palma shaped the game in the 64th minute for Honduras. The Olympiacos winger began to move, moved forward quickly to maintain the last pass from Jorge Álvarez and hit the ball past Dale Eve.

Honduras had the lead for the first time 66 minutes in the encounter. Palma became provider with a cross so that Quioto could enter his bracket.

Eva used his feet to block Jorge Benguch’s mighty deep strike for a corner. The Bermuda captain couldn’t do anything to prevent Martínez from scoring the fourth goal for Honduras one minute before the end.

There was still something for the 545 fans, about the Kieron Richardson, who made his international debut with his central defensive partner Julian Carpenter, was hindered by a corner in the box.

Lewis, the goal scorer from Bermuda’s only goal in a 6-1 defeat of the same opponent last June, sent Menjívar in the wrong direction.

Any chance of saving an unlikely late draw was caught when Yustin Arboleda enforced a late offset in Pinto through a clever finish in Eva near the region.

Findlay complained about the late concessions that his term of office called Bermuda coach.

Kane Crichlow, left, holds the ball against Hondura’s defender Franklin Flores (photo of Blaire Simmons)

“If we look at our data and our reviews, we have problems to complete games,” said the coach.

“We have a very unfortunate habit of losing more goals in the last 15 to 20 minutes of the game if we should close and understand how to manage the game. These boys will have to learn that in the future.

The Canadian, who led Grenada to the Gold Cup in 2021, was not satisfied with the office.

“I found the referee bad in the last five to ten minutes,” said Findlay.

“Referees win or lose games.

Scorer

Bermuda: Crichlow 1, Parfitt-Williams 44, Lewis 90+2 Abbey

Honduras: Quioto 60, 66, Palma 64, Martínez 89, Pinto 90+4

Team

Bermuda (4-1-4-1). Ming, 65 6) – E Russell 6. Replacement not used: D Bell, M Perott, K Scott, M ​​Mopray, J Butterfield-Steede. Booked: Jones, Lee, Russell.

Honduras . (Sub: J Benguche, 46 6). Replacement not used: H aranda, h fonseca, m Licona, c meléndez, j jean-baptiste, e rivas, l vega. Booked: Arriaga.

referee: R Radix (Grenada).