After hard defeat (1-3) in the first leg of the league final against Olympia, the president Motagua, Eduardo Atala, faces and analyzed in TEN the serious errors and devolution that marked this classic in National Stadium.
After this result, he also admits that in recent weeks he had nightmares with the Albo club for that match in which they were left in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF League.
And even if Pedro Troglio he took his compatriot’s measure well Diego Vazquez, the top blue leader trusts his team and coaching staff to look for a comeback that he admits will not be easy due to the great team formed by his neighbor.
He also referred to the contractual situation of “The Barbie” and between the two main strikers ending the contract in the next few days.
THE OFFICIAL RULES TO REACH THE FINAL AGAINST MARATHÓN VERY MUCH
“It was a bad, very bad game Motagua. The team was quite nervous and anxious in the first half, they scored three easy goals and when they want to rebuild it doesn’t hurt because Olimpia is a good team and you can’t give them 45 minutes, not even ten minutes “, Atala admits.
Don Eddy knows how to get to very final against Marathon It’s difficult, but they will die trying: “The team has the ability to do it, but it has to change its mentality, it can’t enter with that deconcentration from the first half, the series can be tied and even winning, but Olimpia has its things and us we are at a great disadvantage, but it does not mean that we will not do everything possible to level this final of the league, there is enough capacity “, he is confident.
ON ARBITRATION ÓSCAR MONCADA
Atala was very careful when analyzing the performance of the central judge who did not show a clear hand of Edwin Rodríguez and who later ended with a goal by Eddie Hernández, even so he thinks it was a human error, but he remembers that Óscar Moncada had repeatedly erred against them.
“Moncada is an experienced referee, I watched him in a CONCACAF final and he was impeccable between Toronto and Chivas, he has the ability, what happens is that there are so many doubts when they whistle in Honduras and so many bad memories. and one is always conditioned; I thought they would never bring us back to Moncada after the match against UPNFM where whistled a non-existent punishment and the whole game forced us with cards, it was a terrible game that cost us our leadership.
Despite being played without an audience, Moncada was protected by police authorities.
I can’t blame him for yesterday’s game, although there is a clear hand in Olimpia’s second goal, it’s a refereeing error and I don’t want to think otherwise, but there is a predisposition against him for previous games, the Commission wrong and there is already too much history with him, I will take that error out of my hand as something human, that he could not see it, and in the rest of the game it had no impact “, he says with height and confidence that on Sunday Melvin Matamoros can be at the height of the load.
SKILL JERRY BENGTSON
Atala did not pay attention to the qualification Jerry Bengtson for this first-leg match after the Disciplinary Commission punished him with three games for throwing a bottle at a Marathon footballer, but after executing more than 50 percent of the penalty, Olimpia requested a reduction in the penalty and for this reason he was allowed something that he sees normally and that everyone did, however he has an indication to the disciplinary body.
“It is a problem that falls within the law, the worst problem of the Commission is that it should only apply to players who have been sent off on the field (within 90 minutes) and went to a bottle (already with the game finished) and they applied the same article to him and it can’t be because he wasn’t expelled or even inserted, but that benefit of being able to claim a discount after I reached 50 percent I used it with all of us, it’s within the law, we’re not going to get into controversy about that issue. “
BASKETS WITH OLYMPIA
Although more than a month has passed since the painful elimination from the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF League from Olimpia, Eduardo Atala admits that he has nightmares about that disaster. “It was horrible, it’s one of the most embarrassing moments I’ve had as a sports manager. I have nightmares about this issue, but you have to turn the page and forget about it.”
He also does not blame Diego Vázquez for the few international successes he had at the command of the Blues and states that “this happened to all Motagua technicians, Mardiaga won a Central America, but lost two finals, before Motagua not even enough But Diego is not missing, it is everyone’s responsibility, we will continue to try as long as necessary. “
In recent tournaments, Olimpia led by Pedro Troglio has lost only two matches to Motagua and has six wins and a draw.
Atala also notes that Sunday’s engagement does not call into question the continuity of Diego Vázquez, who has another year and a half with the Eagles. “It doesn’t endanger him, they do their best, they are dedicated to work, with a strong ethic, it’s not a careless club, we always review the details, it’s the maximum you can ask a coach since he has to win all the parts he you can’t ask for them, it was wrong, but it rectifies, the important thing is that the conduct and ethics are maintained as they are “.
ECONOMIC SITUATION AND CONTRACT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS
The capital manager assures that 2020 was a bad year for the team in economic matters and that the current tournament was very expensive for the club, because its contributors could not fulfill their commitments.
“We did badly, the sponsors were bad for us, the personal business of the managers suffers pandemic attacks, no one is exempt from this crisis, so we try to do everything financially to have a competitive team, but we do not have funds unlimited and we will rationalize expenses and contracts according to what we can pay “, he advances.
He also reveals: “This is the most expensive Motagua tournament in history and the players have made an effort with their salaries, even so it is the championship in which the managers had to contribute the most”.
Eduardo Atala before the Argentine Gonzalo Klusener and gunner Rubilio Castillo they remain without a contract at the end of this tournament, but that “we are trying to renew them for the next tournament”.