National team U23 Honduras performed the field reconnaissance at noon on Thursday Jalisco Stadium where this Friday from 1: 30p will be measured at Haiti at the beginning Pre-Olympic of CONCACAF.
The leading team Miguel Falero he had his first contact with the grass of the enclosure where Atlas plays his games at home and was delighted.
Falero refined the last details of his 11th starter and explained that the field will claim to play fast football and thus seek to lose the Caribbean team.
One of the concerns of the coaching staff is the issue of schedule and time. At Bicolor, however, he has prepared for the San Pedro Sula tournament and hopes to make a good presentation at the premiere.
Douglas Martínez talks about the pressure they have on their backs
Front Douglas Martinez will be one of the starting men on Friday and in a press conference assured that they know little about the rival, but with the memory of the confrontation they had in Central American Games and the Caribbean.
“I know a few players. They told us that many play abroad, they are good, brave physicists. They attack with a lot of quality. A few years ago we faced them in the Central American and Caribbean Games, it’s a good team with good players. But we come to work well, we will try to play a good game. “
Martinez doesn’t care who scores, what he wants is for Bicolor to keep the three points. “You are eager to start the tournament with your right foot. The strikers live after goals, but if a defender does it, we would be happy. The important thing is to win.”
Honduras will seek its fourth consecutive ranking at the Olympics. Is it pressure? Douglas answered.
“If I’m honest, maybe it’s a bit of pressure. They qualified for the Olympics three times in a row, but in the previous days they told us that this is history. We didn’t see the past, but the present. Negatively, we are united , we are a family “.
Asked if there is less pressure because they are not part of the group Mexico United States nor Costa Rica. “We are in 2021 and all the teams have improved, the level is equal.”
What to expect from this team? “A team that will come out to give it their all and take out the catracha claw, as we popularly say. We have a focused group looking to start with the right foot,” he concluded.