Olympia, if you let him live, will kill you. The whites showed their fangs in the return to be the finalists of the first phase of the Apertura, defeating Vida 3-0, but paying a high bill ending with three players in the hospital.
It was a practical procedural match, that red team last Wednesday was not even the shadow of this Sunday. The goalkeeper Edrick Menjivar He had no job, in fact, they only finished him twice in 90 minutes and once dangerously.
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Now, those led by Pedro Troglio are going to a final of those who like the Argentine, whom he calls “games to make history” and who put his players in the retina to motivate themselves. But this time he will have a Motagua which gets inspired and a wonderful wait awaits us to look for the Marathon rival in the definition for the championship.
Let’s go to the game. After three minutes of play, Olimpia lost its first soldier on the battlefront, striker Diego Reyes leaving the field with a broken nasal septum; He has a fracture that will definitely take him away for the rest of the championship. But when it’s your afternoon, nothing stops you. entry Justin Arboleda and in his boots was the first goal.
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Less than 20 minutes passed when Carlos Pineda bent his knee. The player left the field crying, fearing harm. Troglio had to shake the bench because the meringues were forced to prevail because they were the team to beat. Jorge Álvarez came in, leaving two faces, one goal and another ugly knee injury.
But they were running 27 minutes into the game when Vida got into trouble, leaving the whites to put balls in the area, one of them returning to Yustin Arboleda, who only managed to send her down and finish with zeros in the Nacional.
The misfortunes continued to weigh heavily on Life. A reckless attack with high stakes by the central defender, Carlos Melendez, made him win a red. He was about to injure Arboleda by throwing himself with disproportionate force and Judge Armando Castro did not forgive him.
Olimpia settled even better on the field with 10 men, dominated the game at will and at the end of the first half, Jorge Álvarez, gave us one of those goals of great value. He took a jumping ball and with his right hand put it in the corner to José Mendoza.
That’s how the first half went, the whites didn’t have a rival to press them like in the first round. Life has been dedicated to speculation, Luis Palma and Alex Aguilar were disconnected and thus it was impossible. The citizens of the capital knew that they had to do everything possible to condemn the duel.
When an hour of play was played (min.66), Olimpia turned forward to propose the key. Front Eddie Hernandez made a very nice goal. He dominated a ball in the area, made a hat for Carlos Sánchez and sent volleyball to save it to condemn the duel.
With 10 minutes left, Jorge Álvarez, Carlos Pineda, had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Jeffry Flores. But far from those unforeseen events, the lion has reached its goal and will now look to Motagua to reach the definition of the championship. Troglio will have to look for alternatives to the losses he will have.