“The teacher has made us conquerors; Let’s fight somehow”

Captain of Honduras Under-20 National Team, Aaron Zuniga, Appeared in a press conference where he lamented the loss (3-0). The United States missed out on qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, he noted the team’s pride for the ticket Indonesia World Cup 2023.

In the words of the young defender, “we are sad because the teacher (Luis Alvarado) made us winners and we have it, unfortunately we didn’t qualify for the Olympics, but we qualified. The World Cup even though we both wanted it”.

He added: “We lost the game in the first half and we had no problem in the second half.” We think we went in confident, we had mistakes and lost concentration. They didn’t forgive us, that’s football.

Zúniga responded that one of H’s weaknesses was a lack of concentration and that he entered the pitch with too much confidence.

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“We believed in ourselves and we know what we can achieve, that’s why we regret not qualifying for the Olympics, but what we achieved is good considering how the country is doing.”

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The truth is, the youth made no excuses for the distance between the U.S. and Honduras on the pitch, but it was clear there was a lot of work to be done.

“There are still things to improve on, but we don’t think too much about it because we all come from poor neighborhoods, we all grew up playing on dirt fields, and this is our turn,” he said.

“I don’t think it made a difference whatever we fought for, but we didn’t. I go happy and proud with my teammates and coaches. Here I found a family. This is my first tournament, I ended up being the captain, so I’m happy to reach my first World Cup”, he concluded. .

“We believed in ourselves and we know what we can achieve, that’s why we regret not qualifying for the Olympics, but what we achieved is good considering how the country is doing.”

-Difference in America-

The truth is, the youth made no excuses for the distance between the U.S. and Honduras on the pitch, but it was clear there was a lot of work to be done.

“There are still things to improve, but we don’t think too much about it because we all come from poor neighborhoods, we all grew up playing on dirt fields, and this is our turn,” he said.

“I don’t think it made a difference whatever we fought for, but we didn’t. I go happy and proud with my teammates and coaches. Here I found a family. This is my first tournament, I ended up being the captain, so I’m happy to reach my first World Cup”, he concluded. .