Olimpia was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Concacaf Champions League faced Tigers, but before that the footballer Marvin Bernardez He had one of his little privileges in getting close to one of his childhood idols, the former footballer of Arsenal and Barcelona, Thierry Henry.
In his first experience in an international competition, the ‘Arrow’ told how special it was for him to experience this moment with Olimpia.
Plus, he explained what the episode was like when he got the DT del Montreal Impact at the hotel in the bubble in Orlando, Florida.
“When I saw Thierry Henry surprised me, when I looked at him in the hotel where he was going down a hallway with Maylor Núñez and Deiby Flores, he passed by, greeted us and was very humble,” he said.
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And he added that “now in the game he was focused on the game and it wasn’t until the end of the game that he came over to greet us all again to wish us luck.”
Regarding the game against Tigres and Montreal, he replied that “it was something special, it was my first experience in the Concacaf Champions League when I played against Montreal and Tigres.
He also lamented that “it was not what we were looking for (elimination), but I think something important was achieved by reaching the semi-finals where no Concacaf team would have made it in this new format, we should be proud to know that we’re in the top 4 of Concacaf, the truth is that God has been very good to us. ”
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WHAT REMAINS IN THE LEAGUE
Olimpia will stop the return game next Sunday in the Nacional (6 p.m.) Marathon that determines the leader of the tournament. So far, the sampedranos lead the series with a 3-1 in their favor in the Yankel Rosenthal.