Cuba dice adiós al sueño de la Copa América
La selección cubana de fútbol salvó su categoría en la Liga A de la Nations League de CONCACAF, pero no pudo seguir avanzando para clasificar a la Copa América 2024. El nuevo técnico de Cuba justificó la goleada ante Honduras culpando a los fútbolistas: "son jugadores amateurs".
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00:00 The Honduran national team woke up to Cuba's dream with a 4-0 win this Sunday at the Tegusigalpa National Stadium
00:08 to kick the Caribbean Lions out of the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Nations League.
00:14 The team of the new DT, Junielis Castillo, was dominated in the game by the H,
00:19 who this time did take advantage of their opportunities against a Cuba that only backed down to defend itself,
00:24 as it has done in the entire group stage of the Nations League.
00:28 The Cubans have only allowed four Honduran goals, but have not scored in five games.
00:34 The defensive approach served at least to maintain the category in the A League of the CONCACAF tournament.
00:40 Cuba only made two direct shots to the rival goal,
00:44 and goalkeeper Rayko Arosarena prevented the Honduran triumph from being more overwhelming.
00:49 At the quarterfinals, Honduras had already sentenced the game with goals from Denil Maldonado and Anthony "Choco" Lozano,
00:55 taking advantage of two mistakes from the national saga.
00:58 While in the second half, Romel Quioto and Brian Rochers closed the local goal to the Cubans,
01:03 who will not be able to continue advancing towards the 2024 Copa America.
01:07 At the end of the game, the Cuban coach pointed out his players, qualifying them as amateurs.
01:13 We were prepared that it was going to be a very strong game,
01:17 a team that had to win, the quality of the players, the stadium as it was.
01:23 We have too many young players, without experience at this level.
01:28 We came prepared, we wanted, but in those mistakes, the first two goals are our mistakes,
01:34 inexperience mistakes.
01:36 And two errors starting the game, two goals against, it is not easy to come back.
01:41 Some players do not have experience, they are amateurs.
01:44 We have two first goals, the left back is an amateur, he is not in any club, he started.
01:51 The result is a reflection of what happened on the field, 4-0?
01:55 Not so much, because in the end they are two mistakes of ours.
01:57 There was no such clarity.
01:59 That penalty, we have to see if it was a penalty as clear as it happened.
02:03 But I don't think it was so much for four goals, but hey, they were the ones who fell.
02:09 But why did Cuba play with amateurs?
02:11 The Cuban Football Association does not call players like Osvaldo Alonso and Dayron Cham of the MLS
02:17 for their critical political position against the regime.
02:20 The best striker in the country, Marcel Hernández, announced that he would no longer go with the national team
02:24 due to the lack of minimum conditions in the qualifiers.
02:27 And since the arrival of Castillo to command, the Cuban star, Onel Hernández, of the English Norwich City,
02:33 was removed from the qualifiers, while the captain, Arishel Hernández, resigned from the national team.
02:38 More problems than solutions in Cuban football, which for at least two years,
02:42 maintains the level in the CONCACAF League of Nations.
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