the Selection of Honduras will face off this Sunday (4:00 pm) at United States at the stadium Jalisco for the passage to the semifinals of the Pre-Olympic and the direct ticket at Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Many wonder; What will happen if the two teams draw in regulation time? We tell you what the competition regulations say.
“If a knockout match ends in a draw, an overtime of two parts of fifteen minutes each will be played. If the match is still tied after overtime, it will go to the penalty shootout to determine the winner,” the format states. of competition.
Honduras already knows what it is like to define classification in penalties
In its four classifications a Olimpic games, La Bicolor twice came to the penitentiary and defined them in their favor.
In 2000 he sealed his ticket to Sydney after beating 5-4 on penalties a Mexico with the remembered goal of Héctor Gutiérrez. In 90 minutes two teams tied 0-0.
At the 2008 Pre-Olympic Games, Honduras was crowned champion of the contest, but the ticket to Beijing tied him after beating 6-5 on penalties in front Guatemala after drawing 0-0 in regulation time.
In 2012 he qualified for London after beating 3-2 a the Savior in overtime (they had tied 1-1 in the 90s).
In 2015 he tied the passage to Rio in regulation time after defeating the United States 2-0 with a double of Alberth Elis.