Always Alvarado is one of the most experienced players in Olympia and had to overcome the drought of three years without being able to lift a title to live glorious moments in the era of Pedro Troglio.
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The current meringue captain has overcome injuries and recently in the Covid-19 and today is waiting for his renewal, which is on the table with the board.
Alvarado spoke with diary Ten and confessed how the progress for his new contract is, reveals how he infected Covid-19 and what is the order of the captains to the lion, also confessed what he lived to not being able to walk for four days due to ‘an accident in a workout.
Have you integrated into the Olympia preseason?
Yes, it was Saturday, then we had a few days off and we already started training with everything.
Was the absence from training due to your Covid infection?
The truth is, I was infected with the Covid-19, so I had not gone to training, but there is also the issue that everyone knows and is that I do not have a contract either and I’m in it.
Did Covid affect you strongly?
No, I was two days with a headache and a headache, but thank God it didn’t hit me hard and I’m back.
How long were you isolated?
I was like 11 or 12 days isolated. Ever since I came from Costa Rica I had symptoms and what I did was I isolated myself, I told my wife and children that I couldn’t be with them because of this problem and I was in a room, they just took me the food. Can you imagine not being able to see your children?
How hard was that moment for you?
It’s very difficult, but we know it’s mandatory because we’re not going to want a relative of ours to get infected. It was time to make ourselves strong and go closed, watching TV and on social media for a while. It was a bit of suffering, but the family understands.
Your contagion came to share a room with Menjívar?
Yes, I was sharing a room with him. When we arrived in Costa Rica they tested us on a Monday and the next day he came out positive and I came out negative, but the days of being there entrusted me as well. We had been moved, but I had already become infected.
How did you experience that moment when you couldn’t play the game?
I felt symptoms, but I wasn’t sure and it was hard to know you had to miss a game, but you didn’t know what could happen. Thank God I only had two days of body aches and now I’m back in training.
How is the subject of your renewal?
When we were in Costa Rica we talked to the president that we were going to sit down and talk when we got to Honduras, but in that I came out positive from Covid, the ‘prisoner’ called me to ask me how he was, then he left trip and has not returned from the United States or Europe. I’m waiting for him to come and sit down and talk.
Don’t you see problems with your renovation?
No, I don’t think there are any problems. I want to be in the institution and I think they want me. Let’s wait for the hour we sit down to talk.
Have there been offers from other teams?
No, the truth is that no, I have no offers from other teams and at the moment I only handle Olympia.
As a captain would it be hard to think of an exit from where you did well?
We’ve been doing well lately, not always because I’m one of the few players who was in this three-year ‘combito’ without winning a title, losing two finals against the archrival. We have had bittersweet moments and right now thank God we have done things right, we have become champions and we want to keep making history.
How do you come back after the injury?
I’m fine and I clarify because many issues were handled that was my knee, I what I had was a tear in the back (right leg). I got into training very early after the tear I had in the game against Motagua and broke again three more times to want to play fast, for the love of the team.
Did you go back to the lock to lift the cup?
This is the most beautiful. I tell you that I had already recovered from the tear in the semifinals against Motagua, but in a training session I jumped and Deiby gave me the banquet, I fell on my back and I had a problem, where I was three days without power to walk.
I thought I would lose the tournament and I was four days without going to training, I couldn’t stand the pain, but after the first match against Marathon I felt better, I started training for four days and for the match in Sant Pere as I was braver and the experience one has then the teacher decided to take me on the list, I went in for a while alone to lift the cup.
How do you see this plant to get a three-time championship?
We’re fine, the base of the team that has been playing is maintained and we’ve been doing things right. There is the dream of staying with another championship, he is a three-time champion, but there are rivals that must be respected.
Is Olympia the one called to lift the title?
You can say yes to the numbers and what we have done internationally, but there are other teams that have been doing things well and you need to have respect for them. It will be a tournament equal to or worse than the others, where the teams that have not won champions, the so-called big ones want to snatch the title.
As captain of the Olympia, do you dream of winning a three-time championship?
This is the dream of every player, to be able to reach the maximum, to be a champion, but there are rivals that you have to overcome before you think about it. We will go a little like we were last tournament and add points, then things go by themselves.
How is the captains order on the team?
The main thing you are talking to him ha, ha, ha Then there Jerry, Menjívar and then Patón. This is the order.
Does Troglio choose them or among the group?
One part is chosen for the time you have at the club and another for the coach. For example; Jerry had just arrived and Manolo put him on if I’m not mistaken, Paton wasn’t playing, Edrick was very little and here appeared Bengtson and you already know what an experienced player means and they decided to give him second place in the captaincy . Right now that Prof. Troglio came it was clear that Jerry is the second captain.
How is your availability for the National Team?
Thank God I just need to pick up pace to play, that’s the first concern. We had conversations with the teacher and he asked me how I am.
What do you dream of in the National Team?
Going to the World Cup, this is the dream that every player has, to be outstanding, to have a chance outside, but that is step by step.
Can you dream of going to Qatar with Coit?
Sure, why not? we know of the ability he has had with other teams and they criticize him because they are smaller teams, but we as football players and connoisseurs, Prof. Coit apart from being a very good person, is a very good coach.
What do you need to achieve in football?
Going to the World Cup is a dream, but I would rather be abroad for a few years to play abroad, as it is financially good for one’s family. This is a dream I have pending, since I was in Kansas and it wasn’t much, but at 29 and if I do a good tournament I can be given the opportunity.
What do you regret not having achieved so far?
I could say I wouldn’t stay in Kansas any longer and I might be a little sorry, but it wasn’t my decision anymore, it was the coach’s decision. The family would be quieter in the United States.
In the Champions League do you prefer MLS rival or Mexican?
Just as we came I would choose one from the MLS because we have already left two eliminated hahaha. Mexican teams are very strong, look at Tigers where he is and MLS teams have good players, but they are more accessible.