San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Four-time champions, four-time champions, this is how the entire merengue fans celebrated this Wednesday, December 23, after the triumph of Olimpia de Pedro Troglio 0-1 against Real Spain in the second leg of the final of the 2021 Apertura Tournament.
Christmas was painted white. The meringues were better in the series and with a 3-0 aggregate they raised their 34th cup and added their second four-time championship after achieving it in 2011 to 2013.
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The professors were left to duty in the final, they were not even close to avoiding the Olympian tetra and they added four years of drought (2017).
Argentine coach Pedro Troglio made history and won his fourth title in the country. Since he arrived, there has not been another team and coach to lift the cup, a hegemony that began in December 2019.
PARTY ACTIONS
The first half was intense, but with few goal options. Real Spain began the duel with many inaccuracies. The first clear came for Olimpia, Eddie Hernández entered the area and passed José Mario Pinto, he only finished and Luis ‘Buba’ López except after 5 minutes.
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Brayan Beckeles wins the ball from Darixon Vuelta in this duel.
The Machine without ideas, Yeison Mejía was the most destabilizing. The locals, pressured to try to discount in the aggregate, did not plug in, Omar Rosas and Ramiro Rocca did not get balls. The professors were hardly sparks.
At 28, Edwin Rodríguez crossed from a corner kick and Jerry Bengtson headed in, but ‘Buba’ was attentive. The most dangerous for the Machine came in the epilogue of the first half, he shot from long, the ball passed over the frame of Edrick Menjívar.
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SENTENCE
The tonic of the game did not change and the lions continued generating the clearest goal plays. The aurinegros advanced lines.
Darixon Vuelta was left alone in the area and could not hit the ball with force, on the counterattack, Olimpia did not miss. José Mario Pinto went alone and enabled Jerry Bengtson, who only finished off and the ball to the back of the nets, a goal that sentenced the final.
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Jerry Bengtson celebrating his goal that gave Olympia the title.
The Machine, beaten, never found the formula to score. The meringues enjoyed more scoring chances, but the scoreboard would not move.
The minutes were consumed and Olimpia celebrated its second four-time championship in the history of Honduran soccer.
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Olimpia players celebrate Jerry Bengtson’s goal.
-DATASHEET:
0 – REAL ESPAÑA: Luis Buba López, Franklin Flores, Getsel Montes, Devron García, Kevin Álvarez; Mayron Flores, Jhow Benavídez, Yeison Mejía, Darixon Vuelta (Maikel García, min. 70), Omar Rosas and Ramiro Rocca.
Trainer: Raúl Gutiérrez (MEX).
1 – OLYMPICS: Edrick Menjívar, Jamir Maldonado, Bryan Beckeles, José García, Javier Portillo, Jorge Álvarez (Germán Mejía, min.81), Carlos Pineda, Edwin Rodríguez (Diego Reyes, min.85), José Mario Pinto (Christian Altamirano, min.72 ), Eddie Hernández (Yustin Arboleda, min.72) and Jerry Bengtson (Jorge Benguché, min.81).
Trainer: Pedro Troglio (ARG).
GOALS: Jerry Bengtson scored in the 58th minute.
REFEREE: Saíd Martínez showed a yellow card to Darixon Vuelta, Devron García, Ramiro Rocca, Mayron Flores and Getsel Montes at Real España; Pedro Troglio, Carlos Pineda and José García at the Olimpia.
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The celebration of the four-time Olympia champions.
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