Good afternoon, welcome to the minute by minute of the Olimpia-Vida semifinal!
MIN. 45 The first half ends. Olimpia without sloppy beats Vida 2-0, which is anxious at the Nacional. Arboleda and Jorge Álvarez have scored the goals.
MIN. 41 Olympia GOOOOL. Jorge Álvarez lets go of a shoe to put the second lion on its way to the final.
MIN. 33 Yellow for Jorge Álvarez who made a mistake in midfield on Escalante.
MIN. 30 The referee reconsiders and shows the red to Carlos Meléndez del Vida. It dispelled well.
MIN. 29 Strong tackle from Carlos Meléndez against Arboleda. The referee shows him yellow and Vida’s defender is saved from the red.
MIN. 27 Olympia GOOOOL. Yustin Arboleda opens the score at the Nacional and leads the lion to the final.
MIN. 17 Carlitos Pineda leaves on a stretcher and Jorge Álvarez enters. The merengue player leaves the Nacional in tears and goes straight to the doctor.
MIN. 15 Carlos Pineda’s terrible injury; the Olimpia player grabs his knee and it looks like something serious. They are already asking for change.
MIN. 12 Olimpia’s first dangerous arrival, shot by Eddie Hernández, but defender Wisdom Quaye saved on the goal line.
MIN. 10 Attacker Diego Reyes is said to have suffered a serious fracture of his nasal septum and is already receiving medical attention.
MIN. 4 Olimpia makes his first change after Diego Reyes failed to recover. Enter the Colombian Yustin Arboleda.
MIN. 2 Attacker Diego Reyes receives medical attention after a serious fall after attacking the ball with Argentinian Mazzola.
MIN. 1 The game starts at the Nacional. In the first leg they came straight without goals in La Ceiba.
3.44 pm The National Police have set up a major operation outside the National Stadium where there are many Olympia fans, to avoid any anomaly.
3.50 pm The winner of the key between Olimpia and Vida will face Motagua, who beat Marathon 4-1 in total.
3.42 pm The Ultrafiel has hung a banner in support of the lion at the edge of the National Stadium.
3.41 pm The teams are in the process of warming up and will be heading to the locker room soon to go out for the engagement which starts at 4pm.
3.11 pm Both Olimpia and Vida have to win to get to the final, here the position at the table is not worth it. If there is another tie, they determine the finalist of the penalty shoot-out.
Thus Olympia forms: Edrick Menjívar; Maylor Núñez, Jonathan Paz, Johnny Leverón, Samuel Córdova; Carlos Pineda, Deybi Flores, Edwin Rodríguez, José Mario Pinto, Eddie Hernández and Diego Reyes. DT Pedro Troglio.
The 11 of life: José Mendoza, Carlos Sánchez, José Velásquez Colón, Carlos Meléndez; Dennis Meléndez, Jonathan Mazzola, José Escalante, Carlos Argueta, Alexander Aguilar and Luis Enrique Palma. DT Nerlyn Membreño
GAME SHEET
Olympia versus life
Time: 4 pm
National stadium
Referee: Armando Castro
Broadcast: TVC – channel 5