Panama needs a victory to have chances to qualify and I see them winning here.
Bolivia has been terrible. This is not a surprise, they have been terrible in all international tournaments, their only and main strength is the altitude in La Paz. They made a poor preparation for this tournament, with defeats against weak teams and totally outplayed when they faced the serious ones.
They have lost both games so far: destroyed 5:0 by Uruguay and lost 2:0 against the USA. And couldn’t see any plan in the team for both games. Tried to defend, but made it terrible. And upfront they totally disappeared: 0.19 expected goals (and 1 shot) against Uruguay, 0.13 against the USA. They didn’t even have a good chance or goal situation so far.
And this is not new: Bolivia lacks goal due to their low quality, as they don't have any good players in Europe. Almost all of their squad is playing in the local league.
In the World Cup Qualifiers already made a poor performance: classified as 9th with just 3 points, which was a hom win in La Paz against bottom Peru. Lost the other 5 games played so far.
Their only chance to win fixtures is to keep the goal to nil, a quiet game, and try to find some miracle upfront. But it looks like they don’t have any plan, just defend and wait for the time to go until something appears.
On the other hand, I expected Panama to be one of the surprises of the tournament. They achieved good results in CONCACAF, improved a lot in recent years, and have an interesting core of players: Carrasquilla, Cordoba, Puma… and Murillo, who has been great in both games playing in the wing.
Under this manager they reached the Gold Cup final, beating the USA in the semi-finals and losing against Mexico in the final conceding at 88’ but playing very well. They have a squad with quality to fight against any rival and should easily beat a weak one like Bolivia.
Played well against Uruguay, as till 85’ they were losing only 1:0 and had some chances to score. Then, they beat the USA 2:1, although they were helped by the red card to Weah at 18’ as well. But showed a good competitive spirit and tactics to make a comeback, which isn’t easy playing against a well-organized team defending the lead.
Panama is the better team and should leave with a win. Bolivia hasn’t been able to stop anyone, so I’m expecting goals and an easy victory by Panama. They have the same points as the USA but worse goal difference (2 goals), so need a big win to qualify or wait for USA to not achieve the victory against Uruguay. Bolivia has no chances so apart of their terrible tactics and low quality, will be unmotivated.
巴拿马需要一场胜利才有机会晋级,我认为他们会在这里获胜。
玻利维亚的情况很糟糕。这并不奇怪,他们在所有的国际比赛中表现都很糟糕,他们唯一和主要的优势就是拉巴斯的海拔。他们为这次比赛做了很差的准备,在面对弱队时失败,在面对强队时完全被击败。
到目前为止,他们输掉了两场比赛:5:0被乌拉圭击败,2:0输给美国。我看不出这两款游戏的团队有什么计划。想要捍卫,却让事情变得很糟糕。在前场,他们完全消失了:对乌拉圭的预期进球(1次射门)为0.19,对美国的预期进球为0.13。到目前为止,他们甚至没有一个好的机会或进球的情况。
这并不新鲜:玻利维亚缺乏进球是因为他们的水平低,因为他们在欧洲没有任何优秀的球员。他们队几乎所有的队员都在当地的联赛中踢球。
在世界杯预选赛中已经表现不佳:仅以3分排名第9,这是在拉巴斯主场战胜垫底的秘鲁。目前为止输掉了另外5场比赛。
他们赢得比赛的唯一机会是保持进球为零,一场安静的比赛,并试图在前场创造奇迹。但看起来他们没有任何计划,只是防守,等待时机,直到有东西出现。
另一方面,我期望巴拿马成为本届比赛的惊喜之一。他们在中北美和加勒比地区足球锦标赛上取得了不错的成绩,近年来进步很大,并且拥有一个有趣的核心球员:卡拉斯基亚、科尔多瓦、彪马……以及在两场比赛中都发挥出色的边路球员穆里略。
在这位主教练的带领下,他们进入了金杯决赛,在半决赛中击败了美国队,在决赛中输给了墨西哥队,但他们踢得非常好。他们拥有一支有实力对抗任何对手的球队,应该可以轻松击败像玻利维亚这样的弱旅。
在对阵乌拉圭的比赛中表现出色,直到1985年,他们只输了1比0,并且有一些进球的机会。然后,他们2:1击败了美国,尽管他们也在18 '时得到了维阿的红牌。但他表现出了良好的竞争精神和战术来逆转,这对一支组织良好的球队来说并不容易。
巴拿马是一支更好的球队,应该带着一场胜利离开。玻利维亚没能阻止任何人,所以我期待着进球和巴拿马的轻松胜利。他们的积分和美国一样,但净胜球更差(2球),所以他们需要一场大胜才能出线,或者等待美国不能战胜乌拉圭。玻利维亚没有机会,除了他们糟糕的战术和低水平,他们将失去动力。