For the glory of Orlando! Olympics today will seek to further expand its greatness The best team of honduras appeals to those facts that he conceived as in 2001 when he eliminated a Mexican team (Pachuca) in exactly the same case in which today he will play and qualified Club World Cup.
The lion will be measured at 19:00 in front Tigers from “Tuca” Ferretti, Andre Pierre Gignac and company. A team full of stars and who comes as a favorite at the match. Yes, they have more money, more infrastructure, world-class players, but on the field there will be 11 against 11 and anything can happen.
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The Cats set the series against New York FC a MLS with a victory in the second round winning 4-0, so they become motivated to face the Central Americans. Of course, they take things in stride and don’t look like favorites.
Olympics Meanwhile, he did not have such an easy pass in the semifinals, after tying 2-2 in total against the Montreal Impact and advanced to the next round due to the criterion of the visitor’s goal.
It is important to mention that the Mexican team never lost a series of semifinals in Concachampions, because the four who faced each other emerged victorious. Ricardo Ferretti, the feline strategist, said his team will face this commitment from the semifinals in CONCACAF Champions League humbly and without diminishing the rival.
“We are preparing to face the match with Olimpia with humility and seriousness, I think that with my players the mentality is not to diminish anyone, to play seriously to avoid surprises, not to think that we are superior on paper, in name, this is football, we see that things happened when you think, the mentality is humility and that you do things well as in the last game, “he said.
First time Tigers faced a team of Central America In the second round it was in the 2018 edition, in which they played in the eighth finals against Herediano from Costa Rica, which they defeated with an aggregate score of 5-3.
The second confrontation of Tigers It took place against a Central American team in 2019, after they also played in the second round against Saprissa from Costa Rica, which they defeated 5-2 in total.
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The most recent opportunity took place in the same way in the round of 16 of this 2020 edition, in which they defeated Alianza de El Salvador 5-4, thanks to a goal in the last minutes of goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán.
Olympia and the Tigers they already have a precedent in tournaments CONCACAFThis took place in 1983, as part of the old series tour. Catrachos lost the first round 1-0 and also fell in the second round with a score of 2-1, which gave the cats a pass in the second round of the competition. Today trough he will play against the history and favoritism of Mexicans. You can, of course, you can Olympia.
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POSSIBLE ALIGNMENTS:
11 from Tigri: Nahuel Guzmán: Luis Rodríguez, Hugo Ayala, Carlos Salcedo, Jesús Dueñas, Luis Quiñones, Guido Pizarro, Rafael Carioca, Javier Aquino, Leonardo Fernández and André-Pierre Gignac
11 of the Olympics: Edrick Menjivar, Maylor Núñez, Elvin Casildo, Johnny Leverón, Javier Portillo, Deybi Flores, Carlos Pineda, Marvin Bernárdez, Edwin Rodríguez, Yustin Arboleda and Jerry Bengtson.
Time and transmitter: At 19:00, the game goes on ESPN 2 and Fox Sports 2.
Referee: Ivan Barton (El Salvador)