FINAL: Selecta Pre-Olympic beats Haiti 2-1 and depends on Honduras or Canada to qualify

The Pre-Olympic Selecta presented some rotations in their starting line-up for the final match of the group stage against Haiti and took a major win for the collective mind, but it’s still necessary to determine whether they qualify or not.

The Select Under-23 from El Salvador Thursday ends the group stage of the Concacaf Pre-Olympic at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara by facing each other Haiti. What the Selecta needs is a resounding win by three goals or more, hoping Honduras and Canada don’t draw in the starting match of the day.

Win, Hit and Pray: The slogan of the Pre-Olympic Selecta and the dream of the semi-finals

The selection of the Salvadoran American coach Hugo Perez will present positional and named rotations to face a competition that is full of emotions and clashes with a Haiti who is also living in its Olympic dream and doesn’t want to make it easy for Blue and White.

Follow the best incidents of the competition below:

90 ′: Emmanuel Francois is cautioned for a foul

90 ′: Four minutes are added to the second half.

89 ′: Tomás Romero returned to save the Selecta with a save after a shot from the Haitians.

86 ′: Joshua Pérez was close to scoring the third after receiving a pass into the area, the ball going to the side of the goal.

84 ′: Changes in El Salvador. Enrico Dueñas and Kevin Menjívar introduce Eric Calvillo and Gerber Chávez.

80 ′: The U-23 Selecta was close again, a projection in attack from Fernando Castillo hitting the goal, but the Haitian goalkeeper managed to keep the ball in two halves.

75 ′: El Salvador continues to approach the Haitian goal, Joshua Pérez made a new route to the right and when he crossed low, goalkeeper Jerome stopped it.

70 ′: El Salvador tries to hold the ball in Haiti’s half-court, trying to shake up the dominance of the red-and-blue team in the preceding minutes. The minutes pass and the goal difference becomes vital to continue the semi-finals dream.

66 ′: Denilson Pierre takes the yellow card for the national team of Haiti.

65 ′: Haiti has taken the initiative in this part of the match and has moved close to the national goal with force, demanding Tomás Romero, who appeared to be rejecting three balls on the goal line. The Los Angeles FC goalkeeper makes a great appearance on his debut.

64 ′: El Salvador was saved! Lisandro Claros saved a luxury ball that came from the Haitian team to the national territory and sent it to a corner kick. The ball did not go over.

Melvin Cartagena (i) of El Salvador contests the ball today with Roberto Louima (bottom) of Haiti, during a match of the group stage of the Concacaf Olympic men’s qualifying tournament, held at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico). Photo: EFE

59 ′: Change in the Selecta. Fernando Castillo enters, Ezequiel Rivas leaves. Change in Haiti. Enter Emmanuel Francois for Eliader Dorlus. In 44 ‘Clifford Thomas came in for Dutherson Clerveaux in the Caribbean team.

58 ′: It remains difficult for the Pre-Olympic Squad to write down all the odds presented to them in the match in order to increase the income of goals scored in the match.

52 ′: NEAR EL SALVADOR! Herbert Díaz hit him from outside the goal and the ball went to the side of the goal. On the next action, Joshua Pérez hit him with his head in the small area and the ball refused to re-enter the frame.

SECOND TIME: The second 45 minutes at Jalisco Stadium started unchanged by the two teams.

45 + 2 ′: GOOOOOOOL FOR EL SALVADOR! Joshua Pérez takes the opportunity to finish in two halves to beat goalkeeper Jerome and regain the national lead. The Ibiza attacker was attentive in the area, where he hit a ball with his head from the wing and hit the post, then scored it on the counterattack.

45 + 1 ′: TO SCORE! Ezequiel Rivas hit him in the area and the shot was stopped by Odilon Jerome. Play came from another great raid on the right from Joshua Pérez, who closed the ball before goalkeeper Alan Jerome took off, but he turned down the ball and Rivas hit him second.

45 ′: Two minutes are added to the first half.

43 ‘: ¡SEARCH! Marvin Márquez could not reach the center from the left and the ball went over the top throughout the area.

42 ′: The Haitians’ dangerous play ends in nothing, as Dutherson Clerveaux hit the ball with his hand and the game was canceled.

37 ′: CLOSE TO THE TARGET! An action from the right by Kevin Menjívar passed to Joshua Pérez in the area and he crossed the ball so that Herbert Díaz hit him in the area and the ball went to the side of the area.

33 ′: THE SELECTION WAS SAVED! Another lost ball on Enrico Dueñas’ Haitian field was about to end in goal. The game against El Salvador could be blamed as a penalty after a clear push to Roberto Louima and his shot saved by Kevin Menjívar on the goal line.

29 ′: NEAR EL SALVADOR! Ezequiel Rivas was about to score, but his header went over the Haitian goal. The ball came from an excellent center on the right of Enrico Dueñas Hernández.

27 ′: El Salvador continues to put pressure on as Haiti tries to get out of its own part of the playing field. Dynamic party in Jalisco.

Herberth Díaz (l) of El Salvador contests the ball today with Dutherson Clerveaux of Haiti in a group stage match of the Concacaf Olympic Men’s Qualifying Tournament, held at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo: EFE

24 ′: El Salvador has abandoned her! The high pressure from the Selecta is being imposed on the Haitians and they had stolen the ball in the area, but Marvin Márquez couldn’t hit it effectively and he wasted the Selecta’s second.

The Haitian team found a hole in the Salvadoran defense after losing the ball in a fantasy game of the Dutch Vitesse footballer. Peterson Joseph grabs the ball released by Enrico, passes it to Louima, who ran ahead of the Salvadorans and defined Tomás Romero’s left goal with a low shot.

21 ′: Goal from Haiti! Roberto Louima scores after running away from midfield after a loose ball from Enrico Dueñas.

El Salvador cashed in on the first big chance at the attack with a millimeter pass from Enrico Dueñas Hernández on Joshua Pérez, who beat the goal of two defenders and closed the Haitian goalkeeper in a good way.

19 ′: GOOOOOOOL FROM EL SALVADOR! Joshua Pérez ends in the Haitian goal after receiving a good filtered pass and opening the account in Guadalajara.

17 ′: Joshua Pérez hit him from a distance, but the ball went over Alan Jerome’s goal.

15 ′: Odilon Jerome receives the first yellow card of the game for a violent kick to Ezequiel Rivas.

14 ′: ROMERO FLYED! Salvadoran goalkeeper Tomás Romero was attentive to fly and take the shot placed on the front post, even though he had a teammate to cover that position.

9 ′: Haiti is coming! Peterson Joseph was given two options to shoot, the first could not close the clamp with a cross from the right and in the second, a corner kick from the changed tire, he opened to one side of Tomás Romero’s goal.

7 ′: La Selecta exerts high pressure on Haiti’s work and reaffirms its commitment to victory.

5 ′: El Salvador takes the initiative of the competition, creating more attack intent, while Haiti cannot overcome half the track by force. Despite this, there is a lot of inaccuracy on the part of the two sets.

1 ′: THE CONTEST BEGIN! El Salvador needs the victory over the Haitians to stay alive in the pre-Olympic tournament.

THE DATA: Haiti is on the same line as against Honduras, sort of 4-4-2 with Roberto Louima and Peterson Joseph as men more in point, trying to overcome the defensive work the U-23 Selecta is doing

THE SCHEME: As indicated by the alignment, El Salvador would opt for his traditional 4-2-3-1, with Enrico Dueñas Hernández standing as “10”, a position he delivered in an excellent way in the final piece against Honduras, leaving Marvin behind . Márquez, more willful in the attacking part.

THE DATA: El Salvador presents four changes from Monday’s game against Honduras. Youthful goalkeeper Tomás Romero takes over from Mario González, Kevin Menjívar returns to the line-up for Rómulo Villalobos, who collected yellow cards, Melvin Cartagena takes over from Isaac Portillo and Marvin Márquez takes over for Eric Calvillo.

Lineups of the match between El Salvador and Haiti. Photo: Illustrative and Non-Commercial Image / https://twitter.com/Concacaf/status/1375218791001522179/photo/1

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