Bind with the taste of defeat. The Honduras U23 National Team 1-1 right before The Savior on the second day of group B of the Concacaf pre-Olympic and wasted the opportunity to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament.
In a game in which the Bicolor was a wide dominator and which gave the Cuscatleca squad an undeserved reward for what was done during playing time, Honduras will now have to wait for the game against Canada to make its pass among the top four in the world. to ensure. contest.
This is how the bond between Honduras and El Salvador was lived minute by minute
The terrible failures of goalkeeper Alex Güity and striker Juan Carlos Obregón prevented the ‘H’ from denouncing their entry to the semi-finals, leaving El Salvador hoping to determine whether they would get their ticket to the next stage of the match.
While Honduras remains dependent on itself to continue in the race to Tokyo 2021, the sensations left by the draw against El Salvador leave a bad taste due to the low level of some footballers on the Catracho team.
THE GAME
Honduras entered the game against El Salvador as the favorite to take the win that put them in the semi-finals of the Concacaf Pre-Olympic.
From the first minutes, a team was seen tilting catracha towards attack with strong pressure on Cuscatleca’s defensive zone.
Moments after minute two, Luis Palma completed a low shot from long range that forced Cuscatleco’s goalkeeper to send it to the corner kick.
Six minutes later, at eight, Honduras had the first out of the game through defender José García, who uncomfortably completed a pass from Cristopher Meléndez, but his shot went high and broke off.
The crash continued its course and as time went on, the level dropped and the dispute over the ball intensified.
At minute 26, Edwin Rodríguez had a good infiltration on the right, tried to send the center, but was blocked by the El Salvador defense.
In the rest of the first half, no more dangerous approaches were generated and the match went to half time with equal goals.
Complement arrived and the joy for the national team arrived very early in the second half.
Right at minute 46, Douglas Martinez Catracha hoped to seal the pass to the semi-finals with an accurate header after a precise center from Luis Palma.
The goal that opened the scoring filled Honduras with motivation, which was close to scoring the second in the 51st minute as Douglas Martínez was sketched to the frame and before a defender’s goal, he gave way with a taquito at the Darixon Vuelta’s arrival but the archer intercepted.
However, the accident was present for Bicolor at minute 64, after one regrettable failure of goalkeeper Alex Güity, who was unable to correctly reject a shot by Enrico Dueñas and bounced the ball into the area.
Marvin Márquez was looking for leveling when he pushed the ball off Wesly Decas’ lukewarm brand.
At minute 80, Honduras was about to score the second goal of the game after a good infiltration by Wesly Decas, who gave a pass for José Mario Pinto’s shot; the ball bounced off the goalkeeper’s face and Juan Carlos Obregón was unable to score just below the goal on the counterattack.
The incredible failure of Juan Carlos Obregón to not score the second goal for Honduras
In added time, at minute 90 + 2, El Salvador nearly took the win after a shot from Marvin Márquez that went high.
Thus, the match ended with a bitter draw for Honduras as it could not condemn qualifying for the semi-finals and, incidentally, eliminated El Salvador from the Concacaf Pre-Olympic.
MATCH SHEET
The Savior: 1. Mario González; 19. Lisandro Claros, 4. Ronald Rodríguez, 5. Rómulo Villalobos, 3. Alexis Renderos; 16. Isaac Portillo, 8. Herberth Díaz, 15. Enrico Dueñas, 11. Joshua Pérez; 13. Ezequiel Rivas, 10. Eric Calvillo. DT: Hugo Pérez.
Changes: Marvin Márquez for Eric Calvillo, minute 55. Elvin Alvarado for Elías Rivas, minute 69. Melvin Cartagena for Isaac Portillo, minute 70. Kevin Menjívar for Joshua Pérez, minute 80.
Goals: Marvin Márquez, minute 64.
Yellow cards: Ronald Gómez, minute 54.
Red cards: There was no.
Honduras: 1. Alex Güity; 5. Cristopher Meléndez, 2. Denil Maldonado, 16. José García, 3. Wesly Decas; 15. Kervin Arriaga, 6. Jonathan Núñez, 8. Edwin Rodríguez, 13. Luis Palma; 11. Darixon Vuelta, 19. Douglas Martinez. DT: Miguel Falero.
Changes: Alejandro Reyes by Jonathan Núñez, rest. José Mario Pinto for Darixon Vuelta, minute 66. Juan Carlos Obregón for Douglas Martínez, minute 74.
Goals: Douglas Martínez, minute 46.
Yellow cards: Kervin Arriaga, minute 23. Wesly Decas, minute 40.
Red cards: There was no.
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico).
Stadium: Akron.