Alajuelense vs Alajuelense Marathon Live: Channel, time and more for the Central American Cup premiere

Alajuelense Sports Federation receive marathon Eastern Honduras Thursday, August 1 6 p.m. Alejandro Moreira Soto Stadiumin his first speech of the group stage CONCACAF Cup The Red and Black teams come here as the defending champions.

“We know all the games are different, all the tournaments are different and obviously we want to be champions again and we’re working towards that, but we’re focused on taking it day by day, game by game,” Alexis Gamboa said.

As one of the captains of the league, the defender accompanied Alexandre Guimaraes to the press conference organized by CONCACAF. The footballer admitted that they had little time to analyze the opponent. In fact, the coach himself said that the video conference to focus on some of the opponent’s strengths will be held this Thursday before the game.

“I’ve watched them a little bit personally and I know they have very technical players who try to attack the space very well, but we are more focused on our job, what we need to improve and we want to win,” said Alexis Gamboa.

Recently, the Marathon team has included in its ranks the tall Ecuadorian striker Juan Anangono, who will be one of the players that the Rossoneri will have to be careful of, just like Alexi Vega or former league player Angel Tejeda.

“We know he’s also a fast, powerful, big player, but we’re focused on doing our job. We know we have to win, we’re at home, we’re the current champions and we have to make it work.

“We will think day by day, match by match, we know that because we are the current champions, they always want to beat us. We have to do our job, we know what we have to do and we hope to God that everything goes well this Thursday,” insisted Alexis Gamboa.

The match between Alajuelense and Marathon will be shown on the screen ESPN 5.

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What would you like to see from the league this tournament? Does anything change as an international competition? nation He asked these questions to Alexandre Guimaraes.

“No, nothing has changed, the demands on the player base are always the highest, I still want to reach a difficult point, it is always the fluidity of the game, not that we win through game actions, but through the game permanently collective. When we achieve this goal, I can say that this is the league I want.

“At the moment we are taking important steps towards this. A few more games, a few games is not much, but this is my biggest wish, is to ensure that the team is always fluid during the playing time allotted by the referee and that through that play they are able to win, because sometimes “some people may be satisfied with winning through actions in the game, this is a very different thing for me,” replied the league coach.

CONCACAF detailed on its website that Alajuelense and Marathon will meet for the first time in the Central American Cup; but it will be the fifth time in its history.

In the historical balance, the Red and Black team leads the series with three wins and one tie.

Alajuelens won the 2023 CONCACAF Cup by defeating Real Esteli 4-1 on aggregate in the final. The club also achieved the most points (24), goals (24), wins (7) and passes (4,155) in the inaugural tournament.

“Alajuelens has a rich football history, having won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1986 and 2004, as well as the Scotiabank CONCACAF League in 2020, and will also be looking to defend their CONCACAF Champions League title in 2023 and qualify as one of the top teams in the national tournament rankings,” the federation reported.

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Marathon will make its debut at the Central American Cup. The club enters the regional tournament due to its position in the 2023/24 season rankings.

In the CONCACAF Champions League, the Marathas have participated six times: 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2019 and 2021. If they can secure one of the six spots in the CONCACAF Cup, they can return to the competition.

“To talk about him is to talk about a long time, to talk about everything that his career has meant and what it has meant, to talk about what he has done in all the teams that he has played for, and the fact is, for me, to have that kind of rivalry, to be able to live up to that, is something that people always yearn for.

“Today we have the opportunity to think about this from my humble job, from what we have been doing, in order to continue to grow and hopefully achieve everything that the teacher has achieved. Being able to face a challenge like this is a great joy for us and it is certainly also important for me personally,” said marathon coach Hernán Medina, speaking of Alexandre Guimarães.

A few hours later, Alexandre Guimaraes learned what his Argentine colleague had said and reacted to the praise.

“I believe that all of our coaches, through work, are gaining or trying to gain a professional space, which has always been the search of me and the coaching staff that I have worked with.

“It is clear that at Central American level we have a very good impact with what we do with the different clubs and national teams,” stressed Alexandre Guimaraes.

He also said he enjoys challenges through which he continues to develop professionally.

“To contribute to the clubs we work with, to provide us with experience and knowledge and to improve the level of football through our involvement with these clubs,” concluded the Rossoneri coach.

The match between Alajuelense and Marathon will be held at the Alejandro Moreira Soto Stadium on Thursday, August 1, at 6 pm.

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