At 7:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 31, the 10th round of the North American Division of the World Cup Qualifiers, Jamaica challenged Panama away. In the first half, Antonio scored a penalty, J-Brown swung himself, in the second half Eric Davis and Ariano scored two goals in a row, Andre Gray scored, Jamaica lost 2-3.
Just 2 minutes into the opening, Lawrence created a penalty in the penalty area, the referee watched the VAR and confirmed the penalty, Antonio hit the shot, Jamaica 1-0 lead. Antonio currently plays for Premier League powerhouse West Ham United, after waiting for the call of the England national team, but never did so.
In order to participate in the World Cup, Antonio resolutely chose to represent Jamaica, scoring 3 goals in 5 appearances in the World Preliminary Round, which can be said to be very efficient. However, Antonio was left alone, and Jamaica was quickly reversed.
In the 14th minute, Panama erupted in adversity, Alberto Quintero also made a penalty, VAR came out again, and confirmed the penalty. But Eric Davis missed the penalty and let Jamaica escape.
In the 42nd minute, Jamaica still conceded the ball, and defender J Brown accidentally swung himself, and the score came to 1-1! In the 50th minute, Eric Davis made up for it and sent the ball into the net steadily, Jamaica conceded two goals in eight minutes, becoming 1-2 to the trailing side.
In the 67th minute, Ariano went down again and the score became 1-3. In the 86th minute, Andre Gray pulled another goal, 2-3! Jamaica suffered a two-legged double-win by Panama, losing 0-3 and 2-3 respectively! The last four times they have met Panama in the World Preliminary Round, they have lost all of them, and 3 of them have been kept clean sheets.
After three consecutive defeats, Jamaica still has only 7 points and continues to rank 6th in the table, while Panama reached 17 points to continue to sit in the 4th place in the table. According to the rules of the World Preliminary Tournament, the top 3 in the North American Division directly advance to the World Cup, and the 4th place can participate in the play-offs.
That is to say, Jamaica is now 10 points behind the play-off zone, considering that there are only 4 rounds left in the qualifiers, the possibility of overtaking is also very small, basically missing the World Cup in advance.
Jamaica has a population of just 2.69 million, and in the past they were known for athletics, but football is not a strong suit. Jamaica only played in the 1998 World Cup, winning 1 and losing 2 in the group stage. Over the next 24 years, Jamaica stormed the World Cup several times, all of which ended in failure.