Friday as part of the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, the Grenadiers (Haiti) and Canaleros (Panama), faced on the artificial turf of the Sylvio Cator stadium in Port-au-Prince, front a large audience.

Haiti that was in search of a victory, has obtained the better chances against Panama in the field. The Grenadiers had a good performance of the game overall, especially defensively. However, insufficiently bold and offensive, they were never able to find the goal net of Canaleros, despite some good breakthroughs by Jeff Louis, against a good defense Panamanian well grouped and Canaleros goalkeeper Jaime Penedo, intractable throughout an extremely closed match.

Of Canaleros which in turn, could not exploit opportunities facing a Haitian effective defense, which ended in a draw [0-0].

After the break, despite an apparent fatigue of Grenadiers coach Patrice Neveu has only made two changes: the defender Stéphane Lambèse #6 replaced by Jean Sony Alcénat in the 68th minute and later forward Jeff Louis #10 replaced by Wilde Donald Guerrier in the 87th minute [!]

Dissatisfied with the decision of the coach, some of the audience left the stadium before the final whistle of the match.

For severals, this zero score [0-0] against Panama, sounds like a defeat for the Grenadiers. The nextmatch, also against PANAMA, March 29 (in Panama City) will be the last chance for the Grenadiers, sentenced to victory in this leg, in order to stay in the race. It is the hope that nourish Grenadiers fans after the draw for the least disappointing.

Patrice Neveu, will have to learn from this match and align March 29 a more offensive formation and ready to face the opponent con-attacks.

The results (Round 4, Day 3)

March 25

group A

Salvador 2: 2 Honduras

Canada 0: 3 Mexico

group B

Haiti 0: 0 Panama

Jamaica 1: 1 Costa Rica

group C

Guatemala 2: 0 United States

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2: 3 Trinidad and Tobago

The program (Round 4, Day 4)

March 29

group A

Honduras-El Salvador

Mexico-Canada

group B

Panama-Haiti

Costa Rica-Jamaica

group C

US-Guatemala

Trinidad and Tobago-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

List of 23 players convened :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16957-haiti-football-d-2-haiti-panama-some-details.html

Starting lineup Grenadiers :

Goalkeepers :

Johny placide (Stade de Reims France).

Defenders :

Réginald Gorreux (Standard Liège, Belgique), Meschak Jérôme (Jacksonville Armada, (USA), Stéphane Lambèse (Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, France), Raymond Gennevois (OGC Nice, France).

Midfielders :

Jean Marc Alexandre (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), Max Hilaire (Groupe sportif Consolat, Mareille, France), Sony Mustivar (Sporting Kansas City, USA),

Forwards :

Jeff Louis (Stade Malherbe Caen, France), Jean Eudes Maurice (Hà Nội FC Vietnam), Kervins Fils Belfort (Trabzon 1461, Turkey).

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16977-haiti-russia-2018-match-haiti-panama-the-grenadiers-must-not-lose.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16967-icihaiti-football-president-ai-visited-the-grenadiers-in-training.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16957-haiti-football-d-2-haiti-panama-some-details.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16938-haiti-football-the-grenadiers-are-preparing-for-the-dual-match-against-panama.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-15774-icihaiti-russia-2018-the-grenadiers-fail-their-opening-game.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-15818-icihaiti-sports-the-grenadiers-lose-against-the-reggae-boyz.html

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