One of the biggest rivalries in Central American football will be renewed this Monday when the under-23 teams of Honduras i the Savior face in the second day of Group B al CONCACAF Pre-Olympic rumb a Tokyo 2021.
the stay Akron, Headquarters of the Chivas de Guadalajara, Will be the spectacular stage that will lodge the important commitment that could sentence the classification of the Bicolor between the four best of the championship.
See: Table of Positions of the Pre-Olympic Tournament of CONCACAF 2021
Honduras is full of confidence after an initial 3-0 win over Haiti in which the Bicolor ratified its favoritism in the group with a solid victory over the Caribbean, with scores of Darixon Tornat, Who scored a double, and Edwin Rodriguez.
The Catracha squad took advantage of the facilities and did all their damage in the first half of the match, a situation that will seek to repeat against the Cuscatlecos to sentence their ticket to the semifinals of the CONCACAF contest.
For its part, El Salvador will try to get out of the awkward position it is in after falling in its 2-0 debut against Canada, where they displayed their best performance in the second half of the clash but did not adjust for best result.
The selector of the Savior, Hugo Pérez, Assessed the confrontation against Honduras and assured that, despite the importance of the duel, the match is not about life or death, as it does not consider it a failure if they are eliminated from the Pre-Olympic.
THE STATISTICS
El Salvador and Honduras will face each other for the third time in the CONCACAF pre-Olympic tournament.
In the two previous engagements, both were with catracha victory.
The first time was on November 9, 2007 with a 3-0 result in favor of Honduras. The scorers for the Bicolor were Ramón Núñez, Hendry Thomas and Erick Norales.
For the second time, Honduras again beat El Salvador 3-2 in extra time, heading to London 2012. The catrachos goals were scored by Anthony ‘Choco’ Lozano and Gerson Rodes; the latter gave way to the Bicolor with a double in overtime.
POSSIBLE ALIGNMENTS
the Savior: Mario González, Kevin Menjívar, Ronald Rodríguez, Ròmul Villalobos, Alexis Renderos, Melvin Cartagena, Herberth Díaz, Enrico Dueñas, Joshua Pérez, Ezequiel Rivas, Marvin Márquez. DT: Hugo Pérez.
Honduras: Alex Güity, Cristopher Meléndez, Denil Maldonado, José García, Wesly Decas, Kervin Arriaga, Jonathan Núñez, Edwin Rodríguez, Luis Palma, Darixon Tornat, Douglas Martínez. DT: Miguel Falero.
referee: César Ramos (Mexico).
stage: Akron.