La Ceiba, Honduras.
Without playing dizzying football, but being as effective as they are in the Pedro Troglio era, Olimpia beat Vida this Wednesday 0-2 on the fourth day of the 2023 Clausura Tournament to continue like this at the top of the National League of Honduras.
A mischievous and daring goal from Edwin Solani Solano (minute 44) in his second start and the same with a touch of fantasy from the Brazilian Yan Maciel (58′), were enough to leave the coconut trees stretched out in front of their fans in the stadium Ceibeño.
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Vida generated some dangerous plays but upon seeing the white shirts, they failed in the last touch. Juan Ramón Mejía had a clear one in the first half but he threw it wide; the other was from Cristian Sacaza in the complement that he also threw out.
Pedro Troglio had the luxury of shaking up the starting 11, he saved the best men for the complement. He gave new players like Jack Jean-Baptiste and Edwin Solani a chance and tried a single leading man who was Jorge Benguché and everything worked out for him.
El León, in addition to being the master and lord at the top of the championship with 10 units, the same as the UPN Wolves, has a steel defense, they have not conceded a single goal in four disputed dates.
When you have players who can break through a defense like José Mario Pinto and Edwin Solani, give them the ball. This is how the first score of the game was born, the left-handed winger took a quick and short corner for Gabriel Araújo, the Brazilian raised a poisonous cross into the area and little Solani arrived to close the pincer to beat the Colombian goalkeeper Jair Mosquera, on the edge of the break.
This action lowered the revolutions of the Ceiba team that sought to cut off that communication that those shorties had who, having German ‘El Patón’ Mejía and Jorge Álvarez, who entered through Baptiste, gave him the peace of mind to dominate the game at will.
The long-haired team was superior in the second half, and with the star team, they gained more ground. In minute 58, two men who know how to handle the ball came together, once once more José Mario Pinto to provide assistance. He made a wall with Yan Maciel that looked like soccer tennis, ended up qualifying the Brazilian who did not let it fall, and spliced it with the chimpa to make it 0-2 in the squad.
The South American cried when he saw that the ball kissed the net, because the injuries had not allowed him to show that quality that he always showed in his football. It is his first goal of cartmane.
Pedro Troglio released the bulls, sent Kevin López and Jerry Bengtson to the attack and quickly went into action, but the coconut trees closed the spaces so as not to continue suffering.
With the departure of Pinto and Solani, they lost depth and the whites dedicated themselves to treating the ball well, already with the work done in the game.
In this way, León arrives at the classic on Saturday once morest Motagua at the Olímpico, with the favorite card and with a football that has its fans with their chests full of pride and satisfaction.
-DATASHEET:
0 – LIFE: 1. Jair Mosquera, 2. Brayan Barrios, 3. Jonathan Bornstein, 33 Óscar González, 14 Carlos Argueta (35. Dayron Suazo, min.61) Suazo, min. , 19 Anthony Garcia (Rafael Agamez, min.46), 6 Roger Sanders, 8 Denis Melendez, 11 Rembrandt Flores, 10 Cristian Sacaza and 29. Juan Ramón Mejía (23. Josué Villafranca, min.61).
Coach: Raul Caceres.
2 – OLYMPIA: 1. Edrick Menjivar, 20. Jamir Maldonado, 6. Brian Beckeles, 4. Jose Garcia, 12. Gabriel Araújo, 30. Edwin Solani Solano, 29. Germán Mejia, 15. Jack Jean-Baptiste (Jorge Alvarez, min.54) , 21. Jose Mario Pinto (22. Jose Julian Martinez, min.78), 10. Yan Maciel (32. Carlos Pineda, min.78) and 9. Jorge Benguche (27. Jerry Bengtson, min.78).
Coach: Pedro Troglio.
REFEREE: Said Martinez.