Emilio Izaguirre spoke on Monday ahead of the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League round of 16 between Portland and Marathon.
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The left back commented on the green team’s key to defeating the rival on duty at the Providence Park stadium.
The arrival in the city of the party
“Thank goodness we arrived well after a very long day yesterday, we recognized the stadium and tomorrow we hope to keep the name of our country high and continue to win for us.”
Advice to young people in these types of games
“The Marathon project is very good, what motivates me is that there are a lot of young people who listen to you and it makes me proud that it is an example. They know that I put all my passion into the field to win and I inject my desire into it. I notice that the age doesn’t matter, but the mindset and the dream to succeed “.
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Continue to compete internationally in your career
“It fulfills me enormously, I always had references in front of me and I always tried to follow them in the positive way. Now it is my turn as a Marathon senior and I try to tell them that passion is the most important.”
Which marathon can be seen in the return against Portland?
“I am surprised because we have played well against, for example, the greats Real Spain and Portland, but we fall short against small teams. Hopefully we will leave tomorrow hungry to take the victory.”
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Portland a tough opponent
“The key is that we don’t have a negative result in the first minutes because that affects the emotional part, if we are strong and well positioned, we have opportunities, we also have to take advantage of what we have left. Being focused will be too. important.”