This Saturday Tigers will the Semi finals from Concachampions against Olympiad, a rival that wrote history by going to this instancebut now he will have a tough test like the box of the Liga MX It is much higher in employee value than the Honduran.
According to Transfermarkt, a site specializing in player values, the CD Olimpia have a total market value of $ 5.58 million, think that Leo Fernandez conquers, with a worth $ 8.25 million, beside the Uruguayan has a 15 million clause.
In total, the entire staff of the UANL have a worth $ 60.8 million, 12 times more than Albos, who has Michaell Chirinos as best appreciated with 605 thousand dollars.
Duel of rich in Concachampions
While the value of the schools is far in comparison, it should be noted that the Olympiad is the most popular and rich team in Honduras, what owns the Ferrari family, owners too Televicentro, the tthe largest television station in the Central American country.
For his part, the regions have the financial support from Cemex and since they are at the cement company, They were one of the teams of economic power in Mexican football. Son the third most expensive template from Liga MX, below America ($ 63.53 million) and Striped ($ 75.68 million).
In Olympiad they know that no money is being played on the field and that the gap between the two clubs during the game may not make any difference, that a single match is defined, and in which they can surprise, said the goalkeeper Edrick Menjivar.
“We know it will be tough, but it is also a direct elimination game and anything can happen there. The team is focused and ready to achieve great things and we have to go out and prove it in the semi-finalsHe said at a conference.
Olympia has already made history
The Honduran lion made history in the league since after eliminating the Impact Montreal in Nice roomsl became the first catracho team to reach the semi-finals since the format changes to 2008, when it became known as Concacaf Champions League and has the option of being crowned first.
Honduras had no representative in it Semi-finals in the Concacaf tournament for 20 years, then Olympiad reached the final From the old Champions League in 2000, stating for the LA Galaxy.
Which led by Ricardo Ferretti they left the New York City FC 5-0 aggregate and try to create their own story: lget your first international title, which have already been refused four times, three of which in Concachampions (2016, 2017 and 2019) and one in Liberators cup (2015).