Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
The women’s team will debut this Thursday in the W Gold Cup, against Canada, after a historic classification that will allow it to fight to stand out among the best in the region and seek a ticket to the quarterfinals. Looking ahead to the match, the national team’s strategist, Eric Acuña, and the players Brenda Cerén and Priscila Ortiz, spoke about what is expected.
“We have been working very well, we have a very united team, a lot of mental strength and I think it (the team) is ready for great things. Very happy indeed for this achievement and very focused from now on with the team against any rival, and trying to do it in the best way, focused on our game, on correcting mistakes that we have made and coming into the game strong,” Ortiz mentioned, regarding to the confrontation.
Despite the “very complicated” opponent that the team will face, the team said that they have to be mentally strong and continue with high intensity in each game, in training and fight from beginning to end of each play.
According to the captain of the blue and white, the keys to this confrontation are concentration, not being afraid and not giving a name to the rival.
Despite the group in which El Salvador was placed along with Canada, Costa Rica and Paraguay, the player who gave the team the qualification ticket, Cerén, emphasized that they know that all the games will be difficult and even the match against the national team. from Guatemala it was, but they will try to do things in the best way so that they finish their debut in the group stage in a good way. It should also be noted that the team not only speaks of the unity that represents a strength to face these types of challenges that put women’s soccer in El Salvador on the map, but also the unity that materializes on the field of play, and it has been seen throughout the qualifying round and in the playoff match, by qualifying undefeated.
Regarding the technical director, the Atlas FC player, Cerén, mentioned that he is quite disciplined and intense, he transmits that to the players, he always tries to get the best out of each one and the results are reflected on the field.
“We already achieved the first objective, which was to qualify, we know that it will be much more difficult with these rivals, but we continue dreaming of trying to fight against all the teams,” Cerén commented.
The coach spoke about what it means to be in a Gold Cup and how happy the players must be to qualify to this stage. He considered that the group is motivated and grateful for what they will do to face Canada in a good way.
“It is not the 10th in the world (Canada), the issue is that it has players with more than 100 matches in the national team, and we have only been working with ours for 3 and a half years, but we are here, no one gave it to us, we have to compete and we have to get used to playing with teams of this caliber, if our goal is to be in the World Cups and make women’s soccer important,” she said.
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