Two nations looking to return to form will do battle today in an international friendly between Panama and Costa Rica. The match scheduled for 9 p.m. ET will be held at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. It can be live streamed via Repretel (link here) and Teletica (link here). There is no additional TV coverage for this match in the United States.
What They're Saying
Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez (via Boxscorenews.com): "I'm sure there's other players with experience who have the capacity that allows them to believe in themselves and they continue to work with a lot of professionalism. We come here with the hope that we can give it our all in this tournament. The dream is to make it to the next World Cup."
Costa Rica head coach Paulo Cesar Wanchope (via Nacion): "Our unbeaten record [in Panama] is beautiful and important, but the functionality of the team is more important and that the players are getting the job done as quickly as possible because games with points on the line are coming. Above all else, the Gold Cup and World Cup qualifiers."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: With no defensive responsibilities at his feet, Joel Campbell feasted on Paraguayan defenders on Friday. In seven appearances with Villarreal this season, the 22-year-old is averaging 2.1 take-ons and 1.1 key passes.
Panama's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Penedo; Cumming, Torres, Machado, Enriquez; Godoy, Gomez, Quintero, Cooper; Perez, Tejada
Costa Rica's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Alvarado; Francis, Diaz, Brown, Myrie; Tejeda, Borges; Campbell, Ruiz, Venegas; Ureña
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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