Positions of the Concacaf Octagonal heading to Qatar 2022 after day 5

Mexico regained the leadership of the Octagonal final of the Concacaf with the victory against Honduras and the defeat of the United States against Panama

Mexico returned to the leadership of the Concacaf Octagonal after the victory against Honduras. The Tricolor team added three units in the second duel of this FIFA date and reached 11 points to take the top once again, in addition to continuing with an unbeaten pace so far in the qualifying round for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

With a goal by Sebastián Córdova, the team led by Gerardo Martino kept the three units in the Azteca Stadium and beat the United States and Canada, who were their main pursuers in the search for first position.

El Tri took advantage of his win against Honduras and the defeat of the United States to return to the top @ESPNMX

In addition, the Tricolor took a three-point lead over the American team, after the latter lost, on the road, 1-0 against Panama, which left them in second place with eight points.

Meanwhile, the triumph of the canaleros catapulted them to third place, as they reached eight units, although with a lower goal difference. With this, the Central Americans appeal to close this FIFA date well in order to aspire to the World Cup dream.

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For its part, Canada, which was third before this Sunday’s games, fell to fourth place after drawing against Jamaica in Kingston. This situation does not favor them, but they still have possibilities to overcome positions.

Costa Rica clings to returning to its best moment and after beating El Salvador 2-1, they reached six units and are fifth in the Octagonal of the area. Meanwhile, the Salvadorans are sixth with five points.

Finally, the loss to Mexico left Honduras in seventh position with three points and less likely to get closer to Qatar 2022. While Jamaica is the worst team in the Octagonal and it is eighth with two points.

In the middle of the week, on Wednesday, day 6 of the Concacaf World Cup qualifying with the duels United States-Costa Rica, Canada-Panama, Honduras-Jamaica and El Salvador-Mexico.

CONCACAF OCTAGONAL HEADING TO QATAR 2022