Ruled out for Gold Cup? Diego Vázquez answers why he does not summon Luis Palma and defends Edwin Solani

Hours after the commotion between the press and fans for not calling the legionnaire louis palmthe coach of the Honduran national team, Diego Martin VazquezHe gave a press conference.

In the round of questions, they asked the coach if the 13-goal scorer with the Aris of Greece is ruled out for the next gold Cupsince the footballer is in the country and is not summoned to the last microcycle prior to the friendlies against Venezuela and Barbadosgives a feeling of rupture between the protagonists.

Likewise, the Argentine vazquez defended the attacker Edwin Solani Solano Free Mp3 Download of criticism and brought out the numbers that the small striker has in the Catracha squad during the nine games of the current process.

The coach also announced that the final call for the most important contest of concacaf will provide it after the friendly match on Thursday the 15th against Venezuela and on Sunday the 18th against Barbados.

– THE CONFERENCE –

Details about the Selection.

We began the continuation of the work that we had been doing, it is the third microcycle before the Gold Cup. We continue to refine details, continue rehearsing, working, with this process that we started against Curaçao.

Luis Palma, is he ruled out for the Gold Cup?

No one has been ruled out, they are all on the final roster, another microcycle is missing taking into account the friendlies that are coming, later it is the Gold Cup, so we do not rule anyone out, everyone always has a chance and we respect everyone.

Palma is in Honduras and the fact that he is not considered for the microcycle gives a feeling that he will not be in the tournament because of what you said last week…

I said that it would not be a definitive list, everyone has possibilities, for now we are working with this group, we always like to focus more on those who are there than on those who are not, sometimes there are criticisms without arguments. I have heard several criticisms, such as that of (Edwin) Solani, who played seven of the 9 games we have played and in 180 minutes he scored two goals, one assist and caused the penalty against Curaçao… many times he criticizes without arguments and To criticize you have to see the statistics, what the players played and contributed. You have to have criteria to criticize because sometimes we speak without knowing.

Of the 60 listed on the preliminary list, are many players already set for the Gold Cup?

Yes, many, the lists are changing, we call guys to get to know them on a day-to-day basis, now there is a large percentage of those who are going to travel, but first there are the friendlies, and after friendlies there will be the Gold Cup list. We see step by step, structuring the team for what we want.

How many center forwards will he bring to the tournament?

The ideal is always three or four. We will see how many we take for the friendly and Gold Cup.

The FENAFUTH secretary said that they are already talking with the candidates to be the possible coach of the National Team. Have they already told you about it?

The Selection Committee has to speak to us, we have not met, they always call me. Today I am, we do our best and we hope to continue, it does not bother me at all (that they are already talking to others). José Ernesto (secretary) has not told me anything about it, on the contrary, he has told us that they support us and he feels that way on their part.

Returning to the subject of Solani, who scored a goal in a friendly… (Diego Vázquez interrupts)

No, two goals against Guatemala, he played the goal against Canada here, they gave him a penalty in Curaçao…

But how long ago?

With the National Team, in this process, we have 9 games.

But you summon him then because of what he did before with the National Team, because due to his current status in the National League he has no merits to be…

Yes, it is logical. It is utilitarian, do you know what a utilitarian car is? I repeat your numbers again… logically they are positive. Football is about opportunities and you have to assess whether they take advantage of them.