The king of the jungle has a name and no matter how high the eagles fly for their great campaign in Mexican football, in Honduras the roar of the lion sounds at the top of the standings and ready to take a firm step in the standings.Conchampions.
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Olympia and America seek to write a new story in their confrontations, in which both already know the taste of victory and the pain of defeat. The appointment is on Wednesday, at 20:00, at the national stadium.
This will be their third meeting between the two clubs, which two decades ago have already seen each other in this type of international competition.
The first time they met was on August 20, 1985 in Tegucigalpa, where Olimpia and América drew 2-2. The annotations on that occasion were the work of 2, Francisco “Pancho” González, Juan Flores for meringue and Roberto Alderete and Daniel Brailovski for eagles.
The unforgettable date for lei is August 27 of the same year, when in Querétaro, Mexico, Olimpia defeated America 1-0 with the score of Amilcar Lanza. This opportunity was the direct elimination, the white qualified.
Five years later came revenge for the Aztecs, when on November 12, 1990, but this time in San José, California, America defeated Olympia 0-0. The goals were the work of Enrique Rodón, Luis Zague and Marco Antonio Figueroa.
The return match was played on November 14, 1990, but in Santa Ana, California, where Olimpia defeated America 2-1. Many Cathars were his work: Eduardo Bennet and Juan Carlos Espinoza, the Aztecs reduced through Marco Antonio Figueroa and qualified for the next round.
21 years after their last challenge between the Aztecs and Catrachos, both clubs will face each other again in the eighth finals of the Concachampions, where Olimpia starts as a local on the national stadium.
The return of this duel is scheduled for next Wednesday, April 14 and will be played at the Azteca Stadium at 7:00 pm.
Curiously, on this occasion, both teams are led by Argentine technicians. Olimpia by Pedro Troglio and América by Santiago Solari.