2022-08-24
Jose Ernesto Mejiasecretary of the Honduran Football Federation (FENAFUTH), provided details of the friendly matches that the National Team will play in the coming months, including who will play once morest Argentina and what they will receive for said encounter.
The Bicolor will have the luxury of facing the Albiceleste, one of the favorites to win the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The game will be on Friday, September 23 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami and four days later, the Bicolor will face each other with Guatemala in Houston. Lastly, the catracho team led by Diego Vázquez will end up playing once morest Saudi Arabia on October 30.
“This year we closed with Argentina, Guatemala and Saudi Arabia. With the Argentines we have been looking for it since June and it did not occur. We had scheduled to play once morest El Salvador and due to their situation it was decided to face Argentina, it will be at 8:30 pm”, confirmed ‘Pepe’ Mejía.
The leader also announced that the Argentine team will have all its stars as Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Ángel Say Mariaamong other great world cracks.
“We understand that Argentina goes with everything, they have their entire squad, it will be a pretty tough match. Diego Vázquez is very excited because the best in the world will be there. Messi and company will be there because these are the farewell matches for their national team”, he said. Mejia.
For his part, the secretary of the Federation confessed that the Honduran national team It will also summon players who play abroad.
“We are going to count on all the legionnaires, (the Argentines) arrive with an unbeaten record of almost 40 games. We are very excited regarding this match”, he commented.
– The earnings –
Just for being the rival of the champion of America, the catracha squad will receive various luxuries, including a millionaire profit.
Fenafuth announced that the national soccer entity will pocket more than 75 thousand dollars, equivalent to two million lempiras, for participating in the exhibition match.
This amount will be free for the Honduran Federation, since the organizing company of the event will cover the costs of transportation (plane tickets) and lodging (hotel) to the five-star delegation.
