Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
One of the best left backs in the history of Honduran football witnessed the game between Olancho FC and Motagua came away disappointed. Mario Ivan Guerrero He gave his point of view and did not mention the topic of the Honduras National Team.
The former England Coventry player and Motagua small in stature, but giant on the field, he lived through three qualifying rounds, but could not compete in an adult World Cup. During his career he played in the 1999 Pan American Games and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
At the exit of the stadium Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas from the city of Juticalpa, Olancho, where he is from, spoke to La Prensa and with all his professionalism expressed himself on the different current issues that were consulted on him.
Regarding the duel where they tied without goals, he commented that “I’m around here visiting the family a little and settling personal issues. Honestly and objectively I didn’t like it. I think I expected a little more from the two teams because of how they are in the table,” he highlighted.
And he added: “And we know that the Olancho He plays very well, but the game did not please me either from my team Motagua or from Olancho, I am honest. It was a match for the best show. For the two teams that were able to fight, Motagua for losing first place and Potros for wanting to go deeper. Yes, well, that’s what was expected, I feel like they played a little tied up.”
Many say that Honduran soccer has gone down? the former left-handed back was asked: “It is a quite delicate issue. It can be seen from any point of view, well, that we have gone down at the team level, at the national team level, and the results are there. So, it is worrying.”
He continued on the topic: “Here we like to find culprits and we talk about the federations, the other and in the end I think we all have part of the blame for what we are experiencing in Honduran football at a general level.”
Iván Guerrero regretted the non-qualification for the 2026 World Cup: “Like everyone else, they didn’t achieve what we wanted. They couldn’t qualify. Perhaps in the easiest qualifying round in history.”
“So, it is worrying that teams that do not even have a headquarters, that play in different countries, have surpassed us, practically the case of Haiti. We are experiencing a moment of crisis. In every sense, Honduran football.”
Upon the arrival of the Spanish coach José Francisco Molina at the head of the Honduras National Team, he stated that: “I can’t give much opinion because I had no idea about him. I remember him as a player. Time will tell if they are the right thing to do, I can’t judge him good or bad.”
“I looked a little at the match against Peru, but I don’t think it’s a parameter to start judging it. So, let those be the matches that determine what makes Honduran football positive that we now have Spanish coaches,” he highlighted.
“Guerrerito” expects much more from the players of the Honduras National Team: “Hopefully because this generation that played this last round I think fell short in performance and there have to be changes. That’s part of the process.”
“There are some who have already played three qualifying rounds and it seems that the objectives were not achieved. So, it is normal that there are changes, that new players arrive. Hopefully the new ones will show something different,” he concluded.
