so perfect blue skies almost no wind beautiful sunshine these are in the conditions for the
beautiful game the backdrop here picturesque idyllic no doubt one of the best days of the
footballing calendar and it has added to a really jovial happy mood in the stands helping to raise
the level of sound by more than a few decibels shirt sleeve order very much the dress code little
question that this is one of the most striking structures in all of sports the alliance arena
things have got underway here pretty promptly
oh no that's not the ball he wanted
steered forward
and it's got through
tried to play it through yeah the idea was right
the delivery wasn't they can revisit that further on
oh it's a searing run he is a man on a
it's a mission interception hoists it forward questions were asked and he's given the answers
now can he finish and the finish
forward it goes he's made sure that that won't get through
hit long and direct aimed in towards the center he's gone for it no
there is the breakthrough
lovely goal perfect poise to set himself for the strike
oh
so we have our breakthrough yeah and they know there's plenty of work left
in this one peter before they can actually say that the job is over
davis hardly anything between the sides and it's one nil pins it out wide
ball is over the line
could be a chance here
now a chance to break
lays it out to the flank he's making good use of his strength there just refuses to be out muscled
and helps available out wide towering header good delivery no joy no that was a slick move
and there were several options in the box to uh to pick out
ball through needs to be good here
massively he couldn't get the direction he needed well being able to generate that
amount of activity in the box means it's hard not to pick someone out
he's got the ball he's got the space he's gone down
but the referee just tells him to get back up again and now the breakaway
whistle's gone that's a foul
that has certainly tested the keeper well that was
high-class goalkeeping there to back up his his high-class wage
out to the right hit into the gets up to headings
needed to be better than that he's good for it
a two goal lead and they're firmly in control
and that's it that was always inevitable
um
so that's two now without reply well that second goal has given them so much more command and
confidence now and they should be able to take it on from here and either add to their lead or
or close it out surely they'll manage one or the other going through oh that's nice incoming cross
and he's and the shots oh that's a terrific save from the keeper oh that's a sparkling save
absolutely sparkling his reflexes work ultra sharp and it's paid forward
and it's half time here some first half thoughts well it's looking pretty
straightforward peter they've got themselves into a very good position so why did he
and that has put play to that
he's had a go a real chance at a real let off canada are looking quite mean on the counter
and combating that requires even more meanness
great strength too strong for his opponent
that's the through ball oh shooting chance
great build-up it all deserved a better ending it was such a clever idea to lift it into his path
gets wrestled off the ball it's pretty clear that he's being singled out
well they've got to deny him time and space and and that's one way of ensuring it
that's been thrilled forward cuts it out
and no that is pretty much the end of that gets it back
looks to drop one in great lead
a great save real class well what can i say truly wonderful goalkeeping
torres goes up field
that had to be more accurate
torres torres goes looking
played out to the right
tries lifting it over goes the goal and he heaves it forward
and it's been taken straight back
canada clearly seemed to have lost their passing accuracy
something they're obviously going to have to fix pretty quickly now
head out to safety
out for a throw well you have to feel a little for the player been taken off here i think
he's been made the scapegoat after that but i guess something had to be done
i suppose it did need a little change
and it's davis
tries to get it forward quickly a real chance to break
more than happy to take the muscular approach peter we can
only applaud that quality of tackle in the circumstances it was probably goal saving
only partially clear
oh just lacked a decent finish panama
just served up a reminder of how good they could be on the break their method is clear
panama making consecutive changes here yeah it was pretty obvious as to who was going to
be taken off his energy levels began to to sag and he was never going to last until the final whistle
torres
leading by two and the finishing line in sight
well played he saw that coming
it's got through to him and he's there to hoof it away
shooting chance it's off target and by quite a way
hoist it forward
place it out to the wing he's got options out wide
that was always going to be the keepers
and that's that a decent win by a very competent performance
without doubt they were the better side and the result reflects as much with final
thoughts jim i think it's all about setting the right tone at the start of a match and
if you can back that up with an early goal it just energizes everybody