Marathon failed to achieve the goal they wanted during their visit to the United States and, rather, managed to fall into a 5-0 victory that leaves Honduran football in a bad way.
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After the match ended, the coach of the following team, Héctor Vargas, appeared at a press conference, where he considered that certain key aspects would fall in this way.
“The feeling of a result like this always gives you the problem that you can’t justify the goal difference, in short, you have to recognize the merits of a team that has invested a lot of money in the number of players it has.”
He added: “What seemed a bit decisive was the first game that seemed to be eliminated, since Castillo went straight into the goal at 8 minutes and the referee only got yellow, there I have the impression that they could have changed the game , was decisive “.
From the analysis of the Greens’ helmsman, the failure to make certain goal games was part of this elimination against Portland.
“We finished the first half with the possibility of a goal that was taken by the line, we had to remove Castillo and Arriaga due to injury. Later, we know the economic superiority of this team and it was reflected on the scoreboard.”
When he was consulted about his feelings after receiving a large number of goals and being eliminated from this international tournament.
“Take this according to the competition you have and we should know that Portland arrived on Saturday as a charter and it took us a day to get here. I left San Pedro Sula at 4:00 am and arrived in Portland at 9:00 am and you feel it when the results are swollen with fatigue, where you have not recovered and the circumstances appear. “
And he admits that: “I think we could have lost by only five goals, even the goalkeeper covered two or three balls that could have been more”.
Vargas went a little further and considers that the last minutes reflect the physical exhaustion that his managers had due to the demand they had in the last days.
“It is reflected in fatigue and when you have the importance of not converting and looking for an action that puts you close to the scoreboard and you do not achieve it, you feel the helplessness that you later demonstrate with your attitude. The goal strengthens you or makes you feel that the effort is in vain and you fall into a situation that is difficult to justify later. That’s how you get out of this, we know it’s not easy to make a group that comes to compete. Tuesday’s effort, the weekend game, he travels even more, was the reflection of the last minutes of this game “.
And he closed by saying: “If I overtake you tactically, I make a difference in the first minutes. The great connoisseurs of this and Bilardo have always told us:” If I stop the team badly, the first minutes will overwhelm me and generate empty situations. and go down three. “