2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
Central America

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For the ninth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the UNCAF designates the Salvador as host country, twelve years after having organized the competition for the first time. All games of the tournament will take place in the estadio Cuscatlan in San Salvador, considered the largest stadium in Central America with its 53,400 places.
Seven national teams of Central America are participating in the 2007 UNCAF Cup, teams being divided into two groups for the first round. The top two from each group meet at the semi-final stage, and then the final will determine the winner of the 2007 UNCAF Cup. The five best selections of the tournament will qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

February 8, 2007, the ninth UNCAF Nations Cup starts.
In Group A, the Salvador, after a last edition completely disastrous, counts on the support of his supporters for a first win in UNCAF Cup. Another favorite of the group, the Guatemala, already champion in 2001, wants to go back on the highest step of the podium after a honorary third place in the last UNCAF Nations Cup. Facing these two ambitious, Nicaragua and Belize begin competition in the same state of mind than the previous ones, willing to fight to the end to no regrets.
Guatemalans open ball at the estadio Cuscatlan against the Nicaragua, and without surprise, Carlos Quiñonez opened the score at the 29th minute for Bicolor. Score final 1-0, and the men of the Colombian coach Hernan Dario Gomez perfectly start their tournament.
The Salvador enters the scene later in the day against Belize. Selecta procrastinates not long and Juan Alberto Díaz struck first at the 25th. Early in the second period, Eliseo Quintanilla double the score (55th), and despite the reduction of the score by Denny Benavides ten minutes later, fans can enjoy this first victory in the competition, and always believe in their national selection.
Two days later, Gustavo Cabrera stuns from the 8th minute Jaguars of Belize and the Guatemala is required in his second game on the smaller margins. 6 points in two games, qualifying for the second round is practically acquired for Guatemalans.
Meanwhile, the Salvador faces the Nicaragua and a victory would validate the semi-finals of the competition. Eliseo Quintanilla knows, and releases his own at the 16th minute. Players return to the locker room with the score of 1-0, but the Nicaraguans are trying all for all, Samuel Wilson gives hope to his team by equalizing at the 53rd minute. In a match where the Mexican referee has work (4 yellow cards to Nicaragua, 2 for Salvadorans), the penalty point is designated by the man in black at the 64th, and Eliseo Quintanilla scored his third goal of the competition. 2-1 for Selecta, final score, she will accompany the Guatemala for the semi-finals. Rest to know who will finish first in the group.
But before the small 'finale' of the group between the Guatemala and the Salvador, the match of the vanquished between Nicaragua and Belize draws attention. The Belizeans, always blank points in UNCAF Cup since their first participation, hope to break this bad habit in this confrontation. But Emilio Palacios will not lose another match, and sign one doubled at the start of the match (12th and 20th minute). The match racing, Deon McCauley reduced the score to Belize (25th), Milton Bustos gives two goals to advance to the Nicaragua three minutes later, and same Deon McCauley struck again at the 34th. 3-2 at half-time for los Pinoleros, everything remains possible for men of Antonio Vieira. But this match is that of Emilio Palacios, and sign one tripled at the 68th, definitively giving the win to the Nicaragua. The honour is except for los Pinoleros, Belize finished once again a UNCAF Cup with zero point.
Later in the day, the Salvador welcomes the Guatemala for a third consecutive win. But the encounter is less prolific than the previous, and both teams will leave back to back with a score of 0-0. Selecta ends when same first of the group with a better goal, the Guatemala difference takes the second place.

In Group B, the Panama is surrounded by Costa Rica, five-time champion of the UNCAF Cup and reigning, and the Honduras, twice winner of the competition.
And on 9 February, for the first match of the group, it is simply revenge of the final of the last edition which is played in the estadio Cuscatlan, Costa Rica against the Honduras. And the eternal Rolando Fonseca, striker star of the Costa Rican selection, recalls the good memory of Hondurans at the 4th minute. 1-0 for los Ticos, the Mexican referee whistles the halftime. Return cloakrooms, Leonardo González Arce double the score (46th), and despite the burst of pride of Emil José Martínez for H, "El Principito" Rolando Fonseca signed one doubled for a 3-1 final win. Costa Rica is not satiated and wants to add a sixth sacred to his tally!
Two days later, the Honduras may turn in the direction of the market against the Panama. And lucky perhaps chose his camp when Ubaldo Guardia marks against his camp at the 25th minute. The Panama grows back to the score, and the game became tense, the Salvadoran referee being forced to crack down during any meeting (5 yellow cards on the side of Honduran, 4 for the Panama). At the 78th, the willingness of Panamanians is rewarded, and Carlos Rivera equates to ten minutes from the end. final Score 1-1, H was believed, but the Panama has heart and ambition in this competition.
And on 13 February, is the first place of the group which is played between Costa Rica and the Panama. Balanced match, the public attends a match that won't winner, when Alberto Blanco opened the score four minutes before the end of the match, thus signing the first victory of the Panama on Costa Rica in UNCAF Cup. The defending champion finished second in the group, and the amazing Panamanians can no longer hide in this competition.

Before the semifinals, the tournament offers a match for fifth place between the Nicaragua and Honduras, the winner goes to the 2007 Gold Cup. And after two initial matchs with mixed results, the Honduran players spend their nerves on the poor Nicaraguan selection, for a final score of 9-1. Silent since the beginning of the competition, the striker Wílmer Velásquez sign four goals during the game. The Honduras to attend the next Gold Cup in [pays:13]the United States.

On 16 February, the Panama faces the Guatemala in the first semifinal.
The match is tight, and the referee whistles the end of the first period with a score of 0-0. Return from the locker room, Ricardo Phillips, entered the match at halftime, find the path for nets five minutes later for the Panama. In the aftermath, his teammate Luis Henriquez fined a second card yellow, synonymous with expulsion. The game becomes tense, Bicolor grows to equalize, and when the Mexican referee expels a second Panamanian at the 75th, Guatemala, at 11 to 9, has all the cards back in the part. But the Guatemalan defender Yonny Wilson Flores also takes a second yellow card three minutes later, leaving its partners at 10 against 9. And despite numerical inferiority, Felipe Baloy, in the judgments of the party gaming, seals the score of the match for the Panama. Score final 2-0, Panamanians pass a new milestone in UNCAF Cup by reaching the final of the competition for the first time in their history.
In the other semi-final, host Salvador welcomes the Costa Rican ogre. And the illusion of a surprise disappears very quickly, Harold Wallace and then Rolando Fonseca knocking in two minutes the estadio Cuscatlán (10th and 12th minute). Nothing happens in this match, los Ticos reach for the third time consecutively the UNCAF Cup final.

Two days later, the day begins with the game for third place, confrontation between the Salvador and the Guatemala. And Bicolor finished his tournament with a victory, Claudio Albizuris scoring the only goal of the encounter at the 81st minute.
Comes the game that everyone expects, the final of the 2007 UNCAF Cup between the experienced Costa Rica, and the rising nation of Central America, the Panama.
The Guatemalan referee gives the kickoff in the estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador. 36th minute, the striker Luis Tejada opened the score, huge sensation, the Panama leads 1-0. Half time is piped, and the men of Alexandre Guimaraes unleash nothing in the second half so close a first historic victory in this competition. 85th, Kurt Bernard, entered at the 71st, equates to los Ticos. The shot is rude to los Canaleros, and the end of the match is called by the referee. The finals of the tournament are playing without overtime tie at the end of regulation time, the 2007 UNCAF Cup must find his winner in the session of penaltys. And this session is an ordeal for the Panama defeated 4 goals to 1.
At the end of the evening, Costa Rica wins the sixth UNCAF Nations Cup in its history, remains at the top of the hierarchy in Central America, and the Panama, well that disappointed can be proud of its course during the competition.

With 4 goals scored in this 2007 UNCAF Cup, Honduran striker Wilmer Velásquez is the top scorer of the competition. Note that his 4 goals were scored in a single game, the fifth place against the Nicaragua.
With Costa Rica, the Panama and the Honduras, the Guatemala and the Salvador qualify for next 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States.

Competition

Organizer

Central American Football Union (UNCAF)

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Host country

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