INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Santiago Giménez stepped on the field in the 88th minute to replace Henry Martin in a scoreless Gold Cup final.
After tense, back and forth action throughout, the match seemed to be heading for extra time. Instead, Santi came up as the hero to give Mexico its ninth Gold Cup title, the most by any CONCACAF team.
Things might’ve been much different if Martin’s goal in the 33rd minute wasn’t called off for offside after VAR took a second look at it. The fans were nervously waiting from that very moment to celebrate again. Moments later in the first half a wild double save by Panama keeper Orlando Mosquera kept the scoreline even heading into the break.
It seemed the longer it went on, momentum was slipping away from Mexico in front of what was basically a home crowd of 72,963. Legendary keeper Guillermo"Memo" Ochoa helped keep El Tri in it despite a few warning shots from Panama. But the substitution by Jaime Lozano worked out to perfection as Giménez turned the jets on and etched himself in the history books. From that moment on, the party was on. The final whistle was accompanied by an epic roar and appropriately followed by Vicente Fernández’s “El Rey,” perhaps sending some a reminder that Mexico is still king of CONCACAF.
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