Saturday in the Gold Cup 2019, on the lawn of NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, the Grenadiers faced in the quarter finals the "Canucks" of Canada, given favorite in this encounter.

In the first half, while Haiti coming into the game overcame the Canadians by increasing attacks, the Grenadiers were surprised by the "Canucks" on a free kick played wt two which resulted in a strike by Jonathan Christian David (born of Haitian parents) who opened the scoring for Canada at 18 '[0-1]

Ten minutes later, Lucas Cavallini, offside, dribbles Johny Placide and doubles the score for Canada [0-2], in front of a Haitian team that seems disoriented by the score ...

At the return of the locker room, Grenadiers however widely led, seemed much more determined. At the restart, they come back and impose a physical and technical game to the Canadian team, during a second period which would be incredible... On a huge defensive error of the "Canucks", Duckens Nazon rips on a pass by Canadian defender Marcus Godinho and cut the score for Haiti to 50' [1-2]

The Grenadiers seem metamorphosed and elusive and on a penalty, after a breach of Marcus Godinho in the penalty area, Hervé Bazile scored the goal of equalization [2-2]

Nothing seems to stop the Grenadiers and when Duckens Nazon bypasses all the Canadian defense for a brilliant pass to Wilde-Donald Guerrier whose unstoppable shot for Milan Borjan the Canadian goalkeeper, sank the score in favor of Haiti at 76' [ 3-2], it is the exultation on the lawn, in Haiti and in the diaspora, the score will remain unchanged at the end of the playing time.

A match in the history of this feat, breathtaking Marc Collat's protégés who have just qualified for the semi-finals of the Gold Cup, a great first for the national team of Haiti in this Gold Cup formula that exists since 1991. A victory that has been widely celebrated in several neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince by a population cheering amidst parades of bands walking in a concert of honking horns...

Match Statistics :

Grenadiers 16 shot against 12 for Canada including 5 against 4

Haiti 35% of ball possession against 65%

Grenadiers 70% accuracy of the passes against 80% for the "Canucks"

At the end of the match, the coach of the Canadians said "We are all aghast [...] We are disappointed with the performance in the second half [...] but at the end of the match, Haiti had a very good strategy with a direct game that gave us headaches. It is a difficult result to swallow [...] We know our qualities, but we must improve in certain aspects. We will rise from this experience and move forward."

The Grenadiers will face Tuesday, July 2 at 10:00 pm (local time) 11:00 pm Haiti time, on the lawn of "State Farm Stadium" (formerly University of Phoenix Stadium) located in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. The "El Tricolor" of Mexico winner of Costa Rica after the penalty shoot-out (1-1, 5-4 tab)

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28105-haiti-flash-gold-cup-2019-d-day-the-grenadiers-face-the-canucks-of-canada-have-a-rendez-vous-with-history.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28071-haiti-flash-gold-cup-victory-of-the-grenadiers-[2-1]-against-the-ticos-of-costa-rica.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28069-haiti-gold-cup-2019-d-day-haiti-costa-rica-which-opponent-in-the-quarter-final.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/article-28039-haiti-gold-cup-nos-grenadiers-qualifies-pour-les-1-4-de-finales.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28007-haiti-gold-cup-2019-victory-of-the-grenadiers-against-the-warriors-of-bermuda-[2-1].html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27995-haiti-gold-cup-2019-d-1-list-of-23-grenadiers-who-will-defend-our-two-color.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27771-haiti-gold-cup-2019-extended-list-of-40-pre-selected-players.html

BF/ HaitiLibre