After the hard defeat (1-3) in the first leg of the competition final against Olimpia, the president of Motagua, Eduardo Atala, faces and analyzed in TEN the serious errors and devolution that this classic in the National stadium.
After this result, he also accepts that he had nightmares at the Albo club for the past few weeks before that match they were out in the quarter-finals of the Concacaf League.
And however Pedro Troglio he has taken the measure of his fellow countryman well Diego Vazquezthe top blue leader entrusts his squad and coaching staff to seek a comeback that he knows won’t be easy because of the great squad made up of his neighbor.
He also referred to the contractual situation of “Barbie” and its two main attackers who will complete the contract in the coming days.
THE OFFICIAL REGULATION TO ACHIEVE THE VERY DEFINITIVE AGAINST MARATHON
“It was a bad game, very bad on the part of Motagua. The team was quite nervous and anxious in the first half, they score three easy goals for us and if they want to rebuild that won’t hurt, because Olimpia is a good team and you can’t give them 45 minutes, not even ten minutes’, Atala admits.
Don Eddy knows the very final against Marathon It’s hard, but they’ll die trying: “ The team has the capacity to do it, but it has to change its mindset, it can’t keep up with that deconcentration of the first half, the series could be even and even but Olimpia has its stuff and we are at a big disadvantage, but it doesn’t mean we won’t do our best to level this competition final, there’s plenty of capacity, ”he confides.
ABOUT THE ARBITRATION OF ÓSCAR MONCADA
Atala has been very careful in analyzing the performance of the central judge who did not point to a clear hand from Edwin Rodríguez and which later ended in a goal from Eddie Hernández, but believes it was a human error, but recalls that Óscar Moncada was wrong. repeatedly to them.
“ Moncada is an accomplished referee, I saw him in a Concacaf final and he was flawless between Toronto and Chivas, he has the power, what happens is there are so many doubts when the whistles are in Honduras and there are so many bad memories and one is always conditioned; I thought they would never send us back to Moncada after the game against UPNFM where he whistled a non-existent punishment and the whole game forced us with cards, it was a terrible game that took us in the lead.
Despite being played without an audience, Moncada was protected by the police.
I cannot blame him for yesterday’s game, although there is a clear hand in Olimpia’s second goal, it is a refereeing foul and I don’t want to think otherwise, but there is a predisposition against him for previous games, the Commission had it wrong and there are already too many antecedents with him, I’m going to take that mistake out of hand as something human that he couldn’t see it, and in the rest of the game it had no impact, ” he says with height and confides that on Sunday Melvin Matamoros can handle the task.
JERRY BENGTSON HABILITATION
Atala did not pay attention to the qualification of Jerry Bengtson for this first leg after the Disciplinary Commission punished him three games for throwing a bottle at a marathon soccer player, but after serving more than 50 percent of the penalty, Olimpia sought a reduced sentence, and so he was made possible something that looks normal and that everyone has done, but it has an indication for the disciplinary body.
“ It’s a matter that falls within the law, the Commission’s main problem is that it should only apply to players who have been sent onto the field (within 90 minutes) and he went for a bottle (already with the game finished) and they applied the same article to him and it can’t be because it wasn’t suspended and it wasn’t even inserted, but that benefit of being able to ask for a reduction after reaching 50 percent we’ve all used it is within the law, we are not going to incite controversy on that matter. “
NIGHTMARES WITH OLIMPIA
While more than a month has passed since Olimpia’s painful quarter-finals shutdown of the Concacaf League by Olimpia, Eduardo Atala admits he has nightmares about that debacle. “It was a terrible thing, it’s one of the most embarrassing moments I’ve had as a sports manager, I have nightmares about that problem, but you have to turn the page and forget about it.”
Nor does he blame Diego Vázquez for the few international successes he has had in command of the Blues, affirming that “that has happened to all Motagua engineers, Mardiaga won a Central American, but lost two finals, before Motagua. not even arrived. But Diego is not lacking, it is everyone’s responsibility, we will keep trying as long as necessary. “
In recent tournaments, Olimpia led by Pedro Troglio lost only two games with Motagua and has six wins and a draw.
Atala also mentions that Sunday’s dedication does not call into question the continuity of Diego Vázquez, who has a year and a half more contract with the eagles. “ It doesn’t put her at risk, they try their best, they are committed to work, with strong ethics, it’s not a shoddy club, we always look at the details, it’s the maximum you can demand from a coach, because he has to win everything. You cannot ask the parties for it, it has made a mistake, but it corrects it, the most important thing is that the behavior and ethics remain as they have them “.
ECONOMIC SITUATION AND CONTRACT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS
The capital hierarch assures that 2020 was a bad year for the team in economic matters and that the current tournament is very expensive for the club as contributors have not been able to meet their commitments.
“We’ve done badly, the sponsors have been bad for us, the managers’ personal affairs are suffering from pandemic attacks, no one is exempt from this crisis, so we’re trying to do our best financially to be a competitive team. but we have no money, unlimited and we are going to rationalize spending and contracts based on what we can afford, ”he said.
And he reveals, “This is the most expensive Motagua tournament in history and the players have done their best with their pay, but it is the championship where the managers have contributed the most.”
Eduardo Atala for the Argentinian Gonzalo Klusener and the shooter Rubilio Castillo they don’t have a contract at the end of this tournament, but “we’re trying to renew them for the next tournament.”