The Colombian coach has lost both games since his arrival on the Honduran bench and says his project is long-term.
The Honduras coach, the Colombian Hernán “Bolillo” Gómez recognized that with the defeat of this Tuesday 2-1 as a visitor against Costa Rica, your team is out of Qatar World Cup 2022, but stressed that “there is hope for the future.”
“When I arrived in Honduras the margin of error was minimal and two games without scoring points I think we are out of the World Cup. That is why I explained to managers that I need a long process”Said the coach who has lost both games since his arrival on the Honduran bench.
After 8 days Honduras is the last of the final octagonal Concacaf with only 3 points, far from the top three places Canada (16), United States (15) and Mexico (14), which are in direct qualification positions for the World Cup, and Panama (14), that he is fourth and that he is in the repechage position.
Gómez affirmed that despite the current situation in Honduras “there is hope for the future”With what he has seen of the players in the short time he has been in command of the Central American squad.
“In order to make a good team, not for Qatar anymore, but for the future of Honduran football, you have to convince them of a job, of the capacity they have, that yes you can, that they can be tactical, orderly and play football well, “said the coach.
Regarding this Tuesday’s game in Costa Rica, Gómez assured that Honduras played “a good, important, elaborate game, submitting the opponent”, but regretted that “we did not charge.”
“En work, elaboration, in order, as a team, Honduras was good, but we cannot fall as we fell today, due to distractions and difficulties in the air game and not knowing how to manage the times to get the result ”, said the coach.
Costa Rica defeated Honduras with two header goals, the first by Óscar Duarte at minute 20, and the second by Gerson Torres when the fifth minute of replacement was played in the second half.
The Honduran goal was the work of Rommel Quioto at minute 35. (D)
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