Thanks to timely interventions from its archers, Haiti i Canada they drew 0-0 on Monday at the stadium Akron, In Guadalajara, for the second day of Group B of the tournament Sub-23 of the CONCACAF, Classifiers for the Tokyo Olympics.
Unlike his previous game in which he had to start with 10 players because not all of his delegation presented covid-19 tests, Haiti started full against Canada and played with a tactical order that allowed them to compete against a rival marked as favorite.
The Canadian squad was only able to generate two dangerous plays during the first half.
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The first approach of the Americans was a shot that Marcus Godinho took from outside the area but goalkeeper Alan Jerome stretched to deflect the ball over the crossbar in the 4th minute.
Jerome showed off even more at 13 in the second warning the opponent. This time the goalkeeper covered with his body a shot in the mouth of Tajón Buchanan.
Haiti gave him priority to protect himself, but allowed himself to move forward to generate a couple of approaches that ended up being deflected: a shot from Dutherson Clerveaux and a header from Francois Dulysse.
After the half, Haiti was more confident, better placed on the field and with more ball possession than Canada.
Archer James Pantemis kept the maple leaf country bow unbeaten by stopping a dangerous Clerveaux header in the 56th.
In response, Buchanan appeared only in the heart of the Caribbean area at 61 to connect a header that ended up in Jerome’s gloves.
Pantemis gained notoriety again in the 67th with a cut to a distant and powerful shot by Eliader Dorlus.
Haiti lost the goal again when their arrival seemed imminent due to a popcorn shot from Clerveaux that Pantemis resolved in the background.
Already in added time, Canada split in the attack and Ballou Taula had a frontal shot inside the area, the Haitian goalkeeper seemed defeated, but was able to deflect the shot with his right foot.
With this tie, Canada reached four units and Haiti got its first point in Group B.