Emilio Izaguirre spoke this Monday before the return match of the round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions between Portland and Marathon.
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The left-back commented on the keys to beating the turn rival by the green team at Providence Park Stadium.
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“Thank God we arrived well after a very long day yesterday, we recognized the stadium and tomorrow we hope to put the name of our country high and continue to reap triumph for us.”
Advice to young people in this class of matches
“The Marathon project is very good, what motivates me is that there are many young people who listen to you and fill me with pride to be an example. They know that I put all my passion into the field to win and I inject them my wish. I tell you that it doesn’t matter the age, but the mentality and the dream of succeeding. “
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“It fills me up a lot, I always had references in front of me and I always tried to follow them in the positives they did. Now it’s up to me as a senior in the Marathon and I try to tell them that what matters most it is the passion “.
What Marathon will be seen on the return leg against Portland?
“I’m surprised because we played well against the big ones, Real Spain and Portland, for example, but against young teams we fell short. We hope that tomorrow we will go out hungry to be able to get the victory.”
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Portland a tough opponent
“The key is that we don’t have a negative result in the first few minutes because that affects the emotional part, if we are strong and well-placed we have chances, we also need to take advantage of the ones we have left. Being focused will also be important.”