2024-08-31 05:59:30
Today, Thursday, August 29, the game was played party and this is the Olimpia vs Antigua GFC result as part of the Concacaf Central American Cup 2024The meeting took place at the Chelato Uclés National Stadium, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Olimpia vs Antigua GFC match result, Central American Cup 2024
This meeting as part of the Group Con the fifth date, was directed by the referee from Trinidad and Tobago, Kwinsi Williams from 20:00 hours in Guatemala. The pass to the quarterfinals in the Central American competition was at stake. It was a difficult match to reach the home of the Honduran team being in second position in the group with 7 points, but with a very close Olimpia with 6 points.
The green-bellied team managed to accumulate seven points because it won its visit to Port Layola, in Belize, tied with the Águila of El Salvador and won against CAI of Panama.
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Those led by Javier Lopez Lopez They took to the field with their starting eleven as follows: Luis Moran, Alexander Robinson, Jose Ardon, Angel Dia, Jose Galvez, Oscar Castellanos, Christian Hernandez, Brandon de Leon, Robinson Flores Barrios, Santiago Gomez and Romario Da Silva.
While the locals, with the technical director Pedro Troglio On the bench, the following players came out onto the field to prove their worth: Edrick Menjívar, Andy Nájar, José García, Jhonatan Paz, José Martínez, Edwin Rodríguez, Carlos Pineda, Jorge Álvarez, José Pinto, Jorge Benguché and Edwin Solano.
First half of the match
In a match in which Troglio planned a 4-4-2 and López a 3-4-3, both teams were under pressure to win. The Hondurans wanted second place in the group and only a victory would do. Likewise, a draw would work for the Avocados so that there would be no further movement in the table.
The first half of the match was played at a moderate pace by both teams. There were attempts to damage the opponent’s goal, but no clear goal-scoring moves. What was noticeable was the appearance of the yellow cards in the match, as Antigua was the first team to be cautioned, in the 13th minute, when player Óscar Castellanos received a warning card.
Meanwhile, for the Honduran team, the first to receive a warning was Edwin Solano at minute 21. It was not until minute 39 that Alexander Robinson was the second green-bellied player to receive a yellow card. At the end of the first half, a 0-0 score kept the colonial team in the standings, and that was how they went into the break.
The second half
However, Olimpia opened the scoring through Edwin Solano almost at the beginning of the second halfin the 48th minute. For its part, Antigua GFC reacted to achieve a temporary tie with a goal by Santiago Gómez in the 53rd minute.
In the second period, Olimpia received another yellow card at minute 60 for Edwin Rodríguez, while Edrick Menjívar did so at minute 68. At minute 71, the cautioned Solano came off and was replaced by Ignacio Colombino. For the next change, José García came off and Gabriel Araújo came on. The first change for Antigua would come at minute 76 when Ángel Díaz came off and Kevin Grijalva came on in his place. Meanwhile, at minute 80, Santiago Gómez came off and Dewinder Bradley came on.
Dewinder Bradley was shown a yellow card in the 85th minute. A minute later, Ditter Lang came on for Romario da Silva, as did Vidal Paz for Cristian Hernández.
With this result, the draw meant the pass or Antigua GFC qualify for quarter-finals as second in Group C.
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