Marathon visit this Tuesday (6:00 pm Honduran time) at Portland Timbers on the return of eighths of CONCACAF Champions League and Héctor Vargas says the team is confident of getting the classification.
The emerald strategist recovers Luis Garrido for this match and will be able to count on Carlo Costly, who was sidelined due to muscle problems.
“We have a mixture of youth and experience that is important in this kind of match. There we could not count on Garrido, a national team player who has played qualifiers, nor on Costly, who was with muscle problems. The experience of the two of them more (Emilio) Izaguirre and the youth can allow us to play a good game, because I think Portland has a game that gives us more chances to visit, “he said at a press conference.
Vargas believes the speed of several of his men in attack may be key.
“We have a quick game that if they put us back it costs us, but if they give us space to be local, we can get an advantage. that was when we tied it. we have this split to do it. Not winning at home is going uphill, but we have fast players to get a good result. “
The Argentine provided details of the players with whom he could seek to hurt the American team.
“We couldn’t have Garrido and he’s an important player. We had to put Arriaga behind. Now we can give him a little more freedom, leave a quick tip like Castell, Solani or Machuca, maybe make an offensive triangle with all the fast we have and leave Kervin, Garrido and Emilio to sustain the environment.We will have people who can battle in the middle and speed on the sides and with the man on point.in the theory he has (Portland) of play, we can try to offend him and generate options.I have already played here, they want to have the rival always close to their frame and with speed we can complicate them.
A message to Edwin Solani
If there is one thing that made Vargas very clear, it is that the team is not confident, but he is confident that he can get the business card. He also sent a message to Edwin Solani, who has not shone so brightly in the National League Closing.
“Confident is one thing and to have confidence is another. To be confident is to think that things are already solved, to have confidence is another thing. From the previous tournament we had good success, we were runners-up. While they have gone down in this championship some footballers due to injury or loss, something common in Central America when there is a player who is asked by a team or the flight, who has this possibility low their performance.It has not gone well in this championship, but the essence of those they qualified for this tournament we have them. it’s not that we are confident, it’s that we are confident that we can reverse the situation. “
About the possibility of playing with the public:
“It will be brave. It’s my turn to come and eliminate Portland with Olimpia, I’m so lucky. There was already Valeri,” Gata “Fernández, chara. Several who competed and of quality like today. There was an audience , quite a few people came this time.the audience here is different, calmer, enjoy the show and if the percentage is lower it can influence themselves, but the ones who solve it are the players.I don’t think it complicates us in this aspect, it will give a frame to the show and it seems to me that the absence of audience is boring us all. “
Play on the synthetic court:
“It will affect us like them at the Olympics. It’s a fast track, the floor always speeds up football, maybe it eats you a little more legs than we’re used to. You’ll have to adapt. If they go “To be able to get a draw, we are afraid to make the effort and see if we can get the win. But if it affects the track a little more than a little crowd in the stands.”
Do you think the classification can be achieved:
“We have the confidence. It’s not that we are confident, it’s that we are confident that we can achieve this classification. It’s my turn to play here, I know this team game, we studied it a lot several years ago. This could influence the other day when we were able to rescue the tie.If I didn’t know the rival we could have lost by a wide margin.It’s not the same an MLS team at this time as in the second half when they come with more shooting and possibility of power “You win by investing in good players who hire. They come from pre-season, they are fine-tuning engines and sometimes one can take advantage, we will try to get the positive result for Honduras.”
The team we will see this Tuesday:
“Marathon has to be a smart team, we can’t press up either because it’s a synthetic and big track, but if you go out with speed and people like Solani, Castell, Ramírez. I know the game of this team, like everything in MLS is not speculated, they go out to look for the result and we have to take advantage of that.More if there are people, they are going to push us to look for the result and it is going to give us the back space to be able to use we have “.