The activity in the CONCACAF Champions League he has no more time to wait and after the first leg of the round of 16 Marathon and Portland, The return already has time and stage to dispute.
The team led by Hector Vargas managed to rescue a 2-2 draw that leaves him alive for the return match that is scheduled for next Tuesday, April 13th.
The Sampedranos must visit Providence Park Stadium where Portland play their home games. The meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm (Honduras).
This will be the first time that Héctor Vargas with Marathon will visit this city Portland, Oregon, where they want to give the surprise and get the pass to the next round.
The emerald box will face an MLS team for the fifth time and has only once been able to come away with the win. This match was against DC United in 2008 for the group stage, where they won 2-4.
As for direct playoffs, for the “Monster” this will be his first experience with MLS teams.
WHAT DOES MARATHON NEED TO MOVE FORWARD?
After this 2-2 result, those led by Héctor Vargas need to win by any score to be able to advance to the quarterfinals where they would face the winner of the America-Olympics key.
In addition to a win, the Sampedranos also qualify a draw, but must be 3-3 or more, as a 0-0 and 1-1 eliminates them as Portland scored two away goals, while that the 2-2 would send them to directly to penal throws according to the regulation.
Tie-breaking procedures:
If both teams have the same number of goals accumulated at the end of the regular time of the return match, the tiebreaker criterion will be determined as follows:
– Highest number of goals scored by visitors during the regular time of both matches.
– If there is still a tie, the penalty shootout procedure will be applied, according to the rules of the IFAB Game.
THE CLIMATE IN PORTLAND
Some of the elements that Marathon will not suffer on this visit to United States will be the weather as it is currently in the city of Portland spring is lived and temperatures are not as low as they usually are in the middle of winter.
For Tuesday, the day of the game at 6 pm, temperatures are expected to range between 10 and 15 degrees Celsius, the coldest is experienced in the morning and in the morning hours where you arrive from 0 to 8 degrees.