On February 3, the 11th round of the World Preliminary Round in North America was held, with Salvador sitting at home against Canada. In this game, Salvador did not collapse until the second half, was scored by Hutchinson and Jonathan David twice in a row, and finally fell 0-2! At present, El Salvador has fallen into a desperate situation, but it has not completely lost the possibility of counterattack.
In the 65th minute, Larin's cross from the right was met by Hutchinson to give Canada a 1-0 lead.
Salvador was unlucky as Larin's cross hit the right upright and popped up, causing the ghost to hit Hutchinson's back, creating a strange arc that caused Salvadoran goalkeeper Calavantes to save and watch as the ball crossed the goal line.
However, Salvadoran players thought Hutchinson was suspected of handball first, and surrounded the referee to ask for explanations, and the home fans also booed. After 3 minutes of confirmation, the referee upheld the original sentence and Salvador fell behind 0-1.
El Salvador was not willing to lose at home and fell behind with one goal behind, giving the opponent plenty of room to counterattack.
In the 93rd minute, Salvador made a mistake in the ball outside the field, Jonathan David broke the ball and ran all the way, calmly single-handedly picking and shooting, completely killing the suspense of the game, Salvador lost 0-2.
In the last round, Salvador ended the curse of 53 years of away defeat to Honduras, and did not expect to be beaten back to its original form in just a few days. Not only were they double-killed by Canada over two legs, but they were also pushed further aside by the teams at the top.
After 11 rounds, Salvador only won 2, drew 3 and lost 6, ranking second from the bottom with 9 points, 8 points behind Panama. With three rounds left in the World Preliminaries, Panama is on the brink of extinction and almost desperate.
But the amazing thing is that Panama has not completely "lost its breath", they still have a 0.06% chance of reaching the World Cup, of course, this is also a theoretical possibility, they will be out of the next round as soon as possible.
Even so, El Salvador is still luckier than the national football team, because after the national football team lost to Vietnam, it has been out of the round 2 in advance, and 100% missed the World Cup.
With a population of less than 6.5 million, El Salvador is currently ranked 70th in the world, four places higher than the national football team. But if you talk about the value, Salvador's entire team is only 7.1 million euros, which is only 50% of the national football team.
El Salvador has reached the World Cup twice, most recently in 1982. However, El Salvador's World Cup experience is not good, they once lost 1-10 at the feet of Hungary, which is also the biggest point difference in the World Cup so far.