There are wounds that never heal, and one of them is the one Honduras he did to Canada in a World Cup qualifier. It was a major scandal. A humiliation of major words that culminated with a catracha classification in the hexagonal course a Brazil 2014, And as leaders …
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Honduras has not been thrashed in the playoffs, but that day the team led by the Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez he unleashed his fury with an almost flawless defensive zone, the midfield fueled perfectly with a Mario Martínez in his best match with the national team and the artillery.
It was a round match that allowed Suarez to give minutes to players. He took out a Don Escober to give the substitute goalkeeper a chance José Mendoza, who was the one who allowed the discount of the Canadians to free shot of Iain Hume.
Honduras shatter the weak and veteran defense of Canada with Kevin Mckenna i Michael Klukowski. Jerry Bengtson i Carlo Costly they put on the scoring cape and beat as many times as they wanted in the goal Lars Hirschfeld, Who had a fateful afternoon.
However, from that October 16, 2012 to date, nine years have passed, which has made some footballers already see football since retirement but there are others who continue to wage war.
Reviewing the alignments of this duel between Hondurans and Canadians in the Olympic Stadium of San Pedro Sula, There are no more than six players, three per side, who continue to play at the selection level.
From Honduras there is the great captain Maynor Figueroa i Boniek García, Those who played this confrontation as headlines. On the bench was the defender Johnny Leverón. These three players are cited by Fabián Coito for the front shock Canada a Toronto next Thursday.
While for the turn rival survive from that game the benchmark Atiba Hutchinson, Midfielder who was shot down after the tremendous upheaval caused by the ruthless Honduran team. And it must be said that this game was played at 2:06 p.m. A hell of a heat that affected those on the Maple Leaf.
They were also part of this memorable match for Honduras the striker Lucas Cavallini, Who entered in exchange. He was also on the bench as today’s starting goalkeeper, Milan Borjan.