Canada is in second place in Group B at the pre-Olympics in Guadalajara, starting his participation with an important victory for 2-0 against El Salvador, thanks to Tajon Buchanan's double.

On a hot afternoon at Jalisco Stadium in the capital Guadalajara, the Maple Leafs They knew how to win and leave with victoryalso thanks to the good performance of the goalkeeper, James Pantemis.

El Salvador had its own thing, but the Montreal goalkeeper He went out one beautiful afternoon and cut it short.

Canada has always been a good ball handler and in the 16th minute, Buchanan opened the scoring. He receives a pass from Ballou Tabla, enters the area and takes a left-footed shot to beat Mario González.

Five minutes later, Buchanan himself made it 2-0 with a powerful shot, following an assist from Derek Cornelius.

Herberth Díaz responded for La Selecta and in the 31st minute He put Pantemis to work with a low shotand the Canadian goalkeeper covered him with his leg.

The Canadians continued and in the 33', Aidan Daniels put the ball on the post, which looked like a third.

Díaz was the best Salvadoran element and in the 36th minute he made another shot which was blocked.

Already in the second part, Tabla looked for the third, attacked in 2 halves and was saved twice.

Pantemis continued to save, in the 64' he was tested by Enrico Dueñas with a left-footed shot that ended up deflecting for a corner.

The danger of La Selecta did not go beyond, despite all his efforts, he did not succeed and suffered from a painful fall at its beginnings Pre-Olympic.

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