There is no tomorrow for Olympia. Those led by Pedro Troglio they have to get out of the bad closing of the year 2020 after the elimination of the CONCACAF Champions and the fall before Marathon for the group final. It is measured to the Life this Sunday in the National looking for the end of the first phase of the match and to look for a revenge against the verdolagas.
It is a game of these where on paper it is thought that the whites would walk like in other times, but in front they will have a Life that has more to gain than to lose. Those led by Nerlyn Member they want to give the final bell after forgiving La Ceiba’s life, thanks to a great job of the goalkeeper Edrick Menjívar.
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This match starts from scratch, there is no advantage for anyone. Simply the winner during the 90 minutes is a finalist, but if there is a tie again, it will be defined directly from the 11 steps. per Olympics not qualifying in the final is a failure because of the investment it has, for Vida it will be the consolidation of a project that is on the rise.
Olympia will not count on Jerry Bengtson who will be fulfilling his second match of the three they gave him after the assault with the bottle on Mathías Techera of Marathon. Pedro Troglio had a weekend of many reflections and during the end of the year, his players arrive with the mentality of looking for this two-time championship.
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Vida, who has traveled comfortably to the capital since this Saturday, also has a full team, with some renewed players such as Alexander Aguilar who is one of the pillars, and a great Luis Palma, the young striker who will be the main weapon of danger of which Olympia must be very careful.
The Argentine coach of Olimpia stated after the first leg that the team is recent in the series of matches, and he is right, they have not stopped since it was reactivated and that it has the most complete squad of the National League. We could see some variants in his 11 with players who have been substitutes.
Life now that it has new administration comes with extra motivation; the youth team has been offered a good financial prize if they manage to reach the final, as it is a goal that the team has not won for almost 40 years. Can the reds overthrow the lion? In football nothing is inscribed.
POSSIBLE ALIGNMENTS
OLYMPICS: Edrick Menjívar; Javier Portillo, Jonathan Pau, Elvin Casildo, Maylor Núñez; Carlos Pineda, Deybi Flors, Edwin Rodríguez, Marvin “La Fletxa” Bernárdez; Eddie Hernández and Yustin Arbreda. DT Pedro Troglio
LIFE: José Mendoza, Carlos Sánchez, José Velásquez Colom, Carlos Meléndez, Wisdom Quaye; Denis Meléndez, José Escalante, Jonathan Mazzola, Carlos Argueta, Alexander Aguilar and Luis Enrique Palma. DT Nerlyn Member
GAME FILE
Olimpia vs Vida
Time: 4.00 pm
Stadium: National
Referee: Armando Castro
Broadcast: TVC – Channel 5