The wait is over. At 5:15 p.m., Life vs. Olympia for the first stage of the semifinals of the Apertura 2020 tournament in Honduras.
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Los Cocoteros come to this meeting showing a wonderful moment. They eliminated UPNFM in the rematch with an 8-2 defeat overall.
Luis Palma arrives with gunpowder burning after scoring five goals in the last two games against Lobos. Alexander Aguilar is another dangerous man in Nerlyn Membreño’s scheme.
The whites arrive with blood in their eyes at this stage, after losing the usual laps and the ticket to the final from Marathon.
Olimpia is looking to forget the elimination of the CONCACAF Champions League and the final of the bitter group against the Greens and has proposed its Ceiba team.
Pedro Troglio will not be able to count for this meeting with the scorer Jerry Bengtson, who received a sanction of three games for the glass of the defender Esmeralda Matías Techera.
A series painted in white
Olimpia and Vida will play for a third time in the final. The series between the two in these cases leans towards capitals with two classifications.
They met for the first time in the semifinals of the 2009 Clausura. Cocoteros won 1-0 in the first leg with a goal by Facundo Argüello. In return, the whites secured their step with a 2-0 victory with the scores of Wilmer Velásquez and Dani Turcios.
They met again in the semifinals of the 2010 Clausura. There they drew 3-3 at the aggregate level, but Olimpia qualified for the best position in the table.
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Life vs. Olympia
Time: 5:15 p.m.
Stage: Ceibeño
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