Guatemala City, Guatemala.
His maturity suggests that he is not a 16-year-old boy. Nairobi Vargas is the reference in the front of the Honduran national team that the ticket to the World Cup in Peru will be played this Wednesday against Panama.
The sampedrano, who from the age of 4 went with his family to USA, they know perfectly well that they cannot fail against the canaleros in the quarterfinals.
“Happy to be here with my teammates, Panama is a strong rival, but we are here. I am very excited and very happy ”, was the first message he sent from Guatemala, where the Premundial Sub-17footballer for FC Dallas.
Nairobi Vargas He knows Panama very well because last September they faced each other for the ticket to the final of the Uncaf U-16 tournament and with their goal it was Honduras who advanced.
“We already played with them at Uncaf, we know their game, we are prepared. I remember I scored a goal for him. I want to keep improving to gain more experience”, the three-goal scorer up to now in the international tournament stated to Diario LA PRENSA.
And he added: “We are all committed, we all fight for the nation, we want to go to the World Cup and we are all very proud. We will work hard to win this match.”
The novice striker has a lot of confidence in the team that is fighting for that ticket to the South American World Cup. “I think we can be champions I hope it can be like that.”
And before I arrived, the initial whistle warned that: “You have to have your feet on the ground, you have to work hard because it will be a strong match.”
Keyrol Figueroason of former Honduran player Maynor Figueroa, is his friend because they met years ago at the FC Dallas academy and he is confident of a title match against him.
“Yes, it would be fine, but also with any other team. We send each other text messages He is a good friend,” Nayrobi said.