Posted: Saturday, September 7, 2024. 2:44 pm CST.
Michael Palacio (right) on Monday at the FFB Stadium in Belmopan before travelling to the Turks and Caicos Islands – Photo Credit: FFB
By Rubén Morales Iglesias: After 75 minutes, Belize are running over Turks and Caicos Islands 4-0 in the Belize Men’s National Football Team (BMNT) opening game of the Concacaf League C group play at the TCI Football Association Stadium in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.
In the 73rd minute Jordy Polanco scored his second goal of the match with a left foot shot within the penalty box for Belize to put Belize ahead 4-0.
Two minutes later, Belize goalkeeper Charles Tillett denied a Turks and Caicos penalty kick for Belize to maintain the 4-0 lead.
Belize had gone ahead 3-0 in the 66th minute when Michael Palacio converted a penalty kick after being fouled by TCI goalkeeper Samuel Harvey as he took a shot within the penalty-box. The Harvey foul sent the Belizean striker to the ground. In taking the penalty kick, Palacio sent the ball into the lower left corner beyond Harvey’s outstretched arms. This was Palacio’s first international goal.
Earlier, in the 43rd minute, Jordy Polanco scored from a 25-foot free kick into the net above Harvey.
Orlando Velasquez had scored the opener for BMNT in the 12th minute. Velasquez was substituted in the 44th minute by Gabriel Ramos following injury. Like Palacio’s, the strike was Velasquez’s first international goal.
Belize are looking to top League C’s Group B to regain promotion to the Concacaf League B.
After Saturday’s game, the BMNT will face Anguilla, who beat Turks and Caicos 2-0 this week, on Tuesday, September 10 at the 1:00 pm (3:00 pm TCI time) at the same venue to complete the first round of the double round robin.
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