From the beginning pre-Olympic from Guadalajara just around the corner, Sub-23 of Honduras he prepares hard to get the ticket to his room Olympic Gamess consecutive. The technical body leading the orderH“He already has experience with this type of tournament doing this with the Uruguayan youth teams of the past.
Fabián Coito, coach of the national team, spoke exclusively with TEN and referred to who will be the players who will participate in the playoffs. In addition, they provide their views on the current situations of the players as possible appeals to Romell Kyoto, Jerry Bengtson and how you will use it Alex Lopez.
Coito also spoke about the call he will make for the friendly games against Greece and Belarus and how he did it to convince Joshua Canales to join the team led by his assistant Miguel Falero.
INTERVIEW
One month after the start of the pre-Olympic Games, what excites you about this under-23 and what worries you?
Indeed, the sum of the training sessions, everything that was generated in the group and that sense of belonging and identity, I would say that these are the most important values that the training series offered us, in addition to the number of contacts on which we were able to have in this place as beautiful as the hotel of the selection (in Siguatepeque), which not only allows a good quality of training, but also generates what is very important in groups, which is the connection between people the product of the place in which it is given. The footballer feels considered, respected, trained, appreciated by his federation and we tried to show this on the field.
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR: THE BEAUTIFUL TWO-TONE HOTEL IN SIGUATEPEQUE
As for worries, I would say that more than a concern would be a reality and that until the last moment we do not know which player we can suddenly have some kind of problem with because of the pandemic that continues to affect us, beyond personal care that it is so difficult for the daily life of every football player with their clubs, family and environment in the national team because, despite precautions and protocols, they have been affected, as we are for the game against Costa Rica, where there is two players they could not travel and, hopefully, neither of them is prevented from going to the Olympic qualification.
Was it difficult to convince Joshua Canales to agree to play for Honduras? How did your words and suggestions to say yes influence him?
We spoke with Joshua as well as all the footballers we invite to participate in the selection, talking to them about our proposal, the criteria and the person’s consideration for the footballer, about what we want to be a football team representative of the local environment and that it has a good functioning, but this is done in training with respect, with capacity, with commitment from the footballers, it is a beautiful challenge and a good responsibility to integrate that group.
He was enthusiastic and motivated, he came and met several footballers. We are very happy that his response was positive and I hope it will be a good experience for him and a good footballer for the national team.
Could we have something new in the last call for the pre-Olympics or will the selected ones go out with the players who played this microcycle, except for Rivas?
There are imponderables, such as the Covid problem, which can achieve our plans, hopefully not, and which could generate an unexpected situation that we did not think about. If everything is normal and continues to work, there are hardly any players on the final list who did not participate in the microcycles, except for Rigoberto Rivas who, due to a logical problem of distance, did not participate.
The captain of U23 will be Denil Maldonado, or do you have any doubts about who he will be?
I think that more footballers have grown a lot due to the competition in their clubs and the experiences they have. They have matured for another year, today almost under 24, almost adults, but Denil was a natural leader of this generation, a footballer with a special ancestry due to the way he trains and communicates, as well as connecting with footballers. , I do not say who will be chosen, but he will certainly be one of the candidates who will wear the bracelet. He just joined 2 days ago, you have to see the level of football, but he is one of the most prepared to fulfill this beautiful task.
Jorge Álvarez was injured, people expected him to be one of the fixed ones. Is there any hope that I will return and reach the pre-Olympic or is it impossible?
I would not say that it is excluded, before Pan American in Lima (Peru) I experienced a similar situation with Jorge, he did not arrive in the best conditions, but he was able to participate. He is a player with a good experience with his club and the national team, important experiences that I hope to transfer to Under 23. Today the deadlines are very short and the situation is not easy, but based on the reports I had, is not yet removed.
ABOUT THE SENIOR SELECTION
Under the style in which you want to implement the senior team, in what position would you place Alex López and how can he take full advantage of the good times that are happening?
I think the strategy of a match depends a lot on the opponent, on the situation of the game, therefore we can take advantage of Alex’s ability in several positions, he continued to play in the midfield line of the central area just as defensive near the line of four in recovery. We can often see him at his club, where he had a great performance and they highlighted him, he achieved important things, but we talked that he should continue, for my taste, growing in his physical performance, dynamic and from the point of view technically, he has a great ability to observe the situation of the game and to interpret it, I think he is one of the footballers who is very active and in a good moment, but I think that in this position we are the most useful. He can give in the selection, but it depends a lot on the game of the situation and the moment.
Can he be one of the leaders in the middle of the field?
Yes, of course, the characteristic of Honduran football in the middle of the field has players with a lot of struggle, dynamics and rhythm, which today requires football to be combined with those who currently have the ability to participate in the game, I do not ignore one of the phases of the game. or he didn’t score or I don’t play when the team has it, you have to have the opportunity to participate in the two great phases of the game and Alex has a great ability to connect with attack, but for my taste, he has to keep growing in terms of ball recovery, pace, dynamics and intensity of the game.
For the March friendly games, is there a player who asked because of some covid situations or for some other reason?
No, they are not yet to be ruled out. Players who will be nothing but sports so far.
Can you confirm whether Jerry Bengston is in the friendly against Greece and Belarus or not?
Depending on the plans, he is a central starting striker of the local football champions team, that’s why he is a player we constantly observe, he competes in that position with players who are in other leagues, who have different characteristics and are still not -I considered, but he is a player that we notice whose performance we consider and we constantly observe.
Is Romell Quioto ready to return to the national team? What advice did he give you in your recent discussion?
We talked a lot, we have been doing it for a long time even when it was not quoted and taken into account with the national team, we had a good contact and dialogue and I think that the national team player should not only have good conditions to highlight and determines him to be eligible, but he must also have something different for which he is taken into account and in this sense he must be and appear so and there Romell must continue to mature, to incorporate, because you play as you you live, at least this is my criterion and my way of considering the footballer, but his level is very good and we talked a lot, what happens is that everyone has unique characteristics and individuality must be respected and we will respect him as he is. , but that it adapts a little to the criteria we want from the footballer of the selection.