San Pedro Sula: The Mexican National Team does not have a good time facing Honduras as a visitor
The Mexico National Team will have to face Honduras in San Pedro Sula, one of the most complicated places in recent years for the Aztec team, where the catrachos have made the party bitter on more than one occasion, although the public will not be present for this match due to a sanction imposed by FIFA.
Those directed byr Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez, are eliminated for the next World Cup but they automatically became a judge of the qualifiers and have already been charged to their first victim with the draw against Panama, leaving them out of the playoff position.
From 1998, Honduras complicates Mexico in San Pedro Sula
From 1998, San Pedro Sula is involved in a hostile atmosphere for Mexicans and precisely in the Qualifiers for the World Cup in France, Mexico was in a fairly comfortable situation for to look for the classification although it was not expected that the catrachos could overcome them by 2 goals to 1, with scores from Carlos Pavón and Nicolás Bennet, Ramón Ramírez scored for Mexico, although that match was played at the Francisco Morazán and not at the Metropolitan Olympic.
Korea & Japan Qualifiers Scored
In the Hexagonal of the year 2001, the Metropolitan Olympic hosted the match between Honduras and Mexico , being directed by the technician Enrique Meza . Despite being in one of the most critical moments of that World Cup cycle, the match against the Catrachos was given as an opportunity to ward off any bad image shown in the ‘Aztecazo’ against Costa Rica.
Unluckily for Mexico, things did not go for the better and it was Carlos Pavón himself, who finished giving a coup de grâce to Mexican National Team to win the match with three goals from the historic striker.
The return of Honduras to South Africa 2010
Honduras had a very poor qualifying cycle for the World Cup in Germany 2006 and did not face Mexico until the Qualifying for South Africa 2014. Precisely, the team led by the Swedish Sven Göran Eriksson , in the first match against the catrachos, were defeated by 1 goal to 0, after the own goal of Ricardo Osorio.
Classified in the hexagonal, ‘La H’ and Mexico faced each other again, taking the victory by 2 goals to 1 in San Pedro Sula, with annotations by Carlos Pavón and Carlo Costly. On the Mexican side, Nery Castillo was in charge of discounting the score.
Honduras was able to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa 2010 and played in the same group with the world champion Spain, Switzerland and Chile.
For Brazil 2014, the goals of ‘Chicharito’ were not enough
Mexico had one of the most convulsive processes for a World Cup in the qualifying cycle against Brazil 2010, forcing them to play an intercontinental playoff with the National Team of New Zealand. Precisely, Honduras complicated Mexico in San Pedro Sula, despite the fact that the Mexicans were winning the match with a brace from Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, but once again the catrachos were able to take advantage of their rival and both goals fell from Jerry Bengston and Carlo Costly.
For Russia 2018, Mexico cut a losing streak, half …
In the process of Qualifiers against Russia 2018, Mexico was able to win in San Pedro Sula with goals from Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona and Jürgen Damm, however, the streak would be cut halfway and it would be a mirage of that day of the regular round. Right in the Hexagonal, Honduras took revenge and thrashed Mexico 3-0 with goals from Alberth Elis, Romell Quioto and an own goal from Guillermo ‘Memo’ Ochoa, to continue the negative streak in that Central American city.
Mexico will have to seek early classification againstHonduras, with the advantage of staying within qualifying places, however, a defeat would force them to win on the last day against El Salvador.
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