The Pre-Olympic Select presented some rotations in its starting lineup for the last match of the group stage against Haiti and achieved an important victory for the collective spirit, but it remains to be determined whether or not to qualify.
the Select Under-23s in El Salvador ends this Thursday the group stage of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara to face Haiti. What the Selecta needs is a convincing victory by three goals or more, as well as hoping that Honduras and Canada do not tie in the bottom game of the day.
Win, thrash and pray: The slogan of the Pre-Olympic Select and the dream of semifinals
The roster of the Salvadoran-American coach Hugo Pérez will present positional and name rotations to face a match that waits in many emotions and clashes with a Haiti that is also alive in its Olympic dream and will not want to put the easy thing to the Blue and White.
Follow the best incidents of the match, below:
90 ′: Emmanuel Francois got himself booked for a foul
90 ′: Four minutes are added to the second part.
89 ′: Tomás Romero saved the Selecta again with a cut after the Haitian shot.
86 ′: Joshua Pérez was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was met beautifully by, but the ball bounced off the post to safety.
84 ′: Changes in El Salvador. Enter Eric Calvillo and Gerber Chávez for Enrico Dueñas and Kevin Menjívar.
80 ′: He was again close to the Selecta Sub-23, a projecting attack by Fernando Castillo who hit him in goal, but the Haitian goalkeeper managed to contain the ball in two strokes.
75 ′: El Salvador continues to approach the Haitian goal, Joshua Pérez made a new turn to the right and in the middle of the field, goalkeeper Jerome stopped it.
70 ′: El Salvador tries to contain the ball in the middle of the court of Haiti, trying to shake the dominance of the previous minutes of the rojiazul selection. The minutes go by and the goal difference becomes vital to continue with the dream of the semifinals.
66 ′: Denilson Pierre receives the yellow card to the selection of Haiti.
65 ′: Haiti has taken the initiative in this stretch of the game and came close to the national goal and they are demanding Tomás Romero, who has appeared rejecting three balls on the goal line. The Los Angeles FC goalkeeper makes a great appearance in his debut.
64 ′: ‘He was saved from the Savior! Lisandro Clars saved a luxury ball that came from the Haitian national team in the national area and sent it to a corner. The ball did not pass further.

Melvin Cartagena (i) del Salvador plays ball with Roberto Louima (below) from Haiti today, during a group stage match of the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament, held at the Jalisco stadium in Guadalajara (Mexico). Photo: EFE
59 ′: Change in the Selecta. Fernando Castillo enters, Ezequiel Rivas leaves. Change in Haiti. Emmanuel Francois enters for Eliader Dorlus. In the 44th minute, Clifford Thomas was replaced by Dutherson Clerveaux in the Caribbean.
58 ′: The Pre-Olympic National Team is still struggling to score all the opportunities offered to it in the match, in order to increase the income of goals in the match.
52 ‘: THE SAVIOR IS CLOSE! Herbert Díaz shoots from outside the box and the ball goes to a side of the goal. In the next play, Joshua Pérez hit his head in the small area and the ball refused to enter the frame again.
SECOND HALF: The second 45 minutes at the Jalisco Stadium began unchanged by both teams.
45 + 2 ‘: Goooooool DEL SALVADOR! Joshua Pérez took advantage of finishing in two strokes to beat goalkeeper Jerome and regain the national advantage. The Ibiza striker was attentive to the area, where he hit his head on a ball from the side and crashed into the post, then on the counterattack he scored.
45 + 1 ‘: READY TO MARK! Ezequiel Rivas hit the post and was stopped by Odilon Jerome. The play came from another great incursion on the right by Joshua Pérez, who shot in front of the exit of goalkeeper Alan Jerome, but rejected the ball and in the second half hit Rivas.
45 ′: Add two minutes to the first part.
43 ‘: CLOSE! Marvin Márquez could not get down from the left wing, but kept his shot past the keeper to score the 0 – 1 goal.
42 ′: The Haitian’s dangerous play ends in nothing, as Dutherson Clerveaux touches the ball with his hand and the play is canceled.
37 ‘: NEAR THE GOAL! A pass to the side pulled the defense out of position which let Kevin Menjívar slip through on goal. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 – 0!
33 ‘: THE TEAM WAS SAVED! Another ball lost on the Haitian court by Enrico Dueñas was about to end in goal. The play that could be charged as a penalty against El Salvador after a clear push to Roberto Louima and his shot was saved by Kevin Menjívar on the goal line.
29 ‘: THE SAVIOR IS CLOSE! Ezequiel Rivas was about to score, but his header went over the top of the Haitian goal. The ball came in from the right hand side but Enrico Dueñas Hernández managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.
27 ′: El Salvador continues to keep up the pressure as Haiti tries to get out of its own piece of the playing field. Dynamic match in Jalisco.

Herberth Díaz (i) from El Salvador plays ball with Dutherson Clerveaux from Haiti today, during a group stage match of the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara (Mexico). Photo: EFE
24 ′: El Salvador failed! Selecta’s high pressure was imposing on the Haitians and they had stolen the ball in the area, but Marvin Márquez could not hit it effectively and wasted Selecta’s second.
The Haitian team found a hole in the Salvadoran saga after losing the ball in a fantasy play of the Dutch footballer Vitesse. Peterson Joseph takes the ball that left Enrico loose, passes it to Louima, who ran in front of the Salvadorans and defined with a shallow shot on the left side of the goal of Tomás Romero.
21 ‘: Gooooal de Haiti! Roberto Louima then scored to go running from midfield after a lost ball from Enrico Dueñas.
El Salvador was able to capitalize on the first great opportunity on offense with a millimeter pass from Enrico Dueñas Hernández to Joshua Pérez, who prevailed on the mark of two defenders and finely finished off the Haitian goalkeeper.
19 ‘: Gooooooal DEL SALVADOR! Joshua Pérez ends up in the Haitian goal after receiving a good filtered pass and opened the scoring in Guadalajara.
17 ′: Joshua Pérez hit long-range, but the ball went with magnificence from Alan Jerome’s goal.
15 ′: Odilon Jerome was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent’s quick free kick after 80 minutes.
14 ‘: FLY ROMERO! Salvadoran goalkeeper Tomás Romero was careful to fly and take the shot that was placed on the first post, although he had a teammate covering this position.
9 ′: ‘Haiti is approaching! Peterson Joseph had two chances to finish, the first with a cross from the right could not close the clamp and in the second, a corner kick from the changed side, came out open to one side of the goal of Tomàs Romero.
7 ′: The Selecta is applying high pressure on the work of Haiti, asserting its obligation to achieve victory.
5 ′: El Salvador takes the initiative of the party, bringing more intention to the attack, while Haiti does not manage to overcome with force the half track. However, there is a lot of inaccuracy on the part of both sets.
1 ′: THE MATCH BEGUN! El Salvador needs the victory over the Haitians to stay alive in the pre-Olympic tournament.
THE DATA: Haiti is facing the same lineup that played against Honduras, a kind of 4-4-2 with Roberto Louima and Peterson Joseph as top men, to try to overcome the defensive work done by the Selecta Sub-23
THE SCHEME: As indicated by the lineup, El Salvador would be opting for its traditional 4-2-3-1, where Enrico Dueñas Hernandez is for as “10”, a position he covered excellently in the final stretch against Honduras, leaving Marvin Márquez, more willing in the offensive part.
THE DATA: El Salvador has four changes to Monday’s game against Honduras. The young goalkeeper Tomás Romero replaces Mario González, Kevin Menjívar returns to the lineup for Rómulo Villalobos, who accumulated yellow cards, Melvin Cartagena replaces Isaac Portillo and Marvin Márquez replaces Eric Calvillo.
Match lineups between El Salvador and Haiti. Photo: Illustrative and non-commercial image / https://twitter.com/Concacaf/status/1375218791001522179/photo/1