These are the data you should know prior to the friendly

On Wednesday, March 22, the Honduran National Team will face El Salvador in the first game of the Bicolor in 2023.

The duel between guanacos and catrachos is of vital importance to get into rhythm for their last match in their Nations League groups. This game has a lot of history and that is why we bring you all the curiosities and some necessities of the Honduras vs El Salvador duel.

CURIOSITIES

1) Stadium and schedule

The friendly duel will be held at the BMO Field Stadium in Los Angeles, California, United States at 8:00 p.m. North American time and 10:00 p.m. Honduran time.

2) How to buy the tickets?

The match, which is organized by AGM Sport INC, made 18,000 tickets available, which is the maximum that the home where Los Angeles FC plays in the MLS can receive.

And to be able to attend the match against the Salvadorans on US soil, you can enter the website ticketmaster.com.

3) Ticket price

Ticket sales began on February 8. The most comfortable location to watch the game goes from 66 dollars (1,620 lempiras) to the highest value stands, which is 131 dollars (3,216 lempiras).

$66, $86, $71, $101 and $131 are the prices that were established in Honduras – El Salvador.

4) Last duels

Honduras has not beaten El Salvador since the prescribed 4-0 in the 2019 Gold Cup (July). In the last two games La Selecta added a 0-0 in El Cuscatlán and a 0-2 in the Olympic Stadium.

5) Historical series

Of the 64 times they have met, Honduras has won 31 times, tied 17 and lost 16. Where La Bicolor has scored 100 goals out of the 66 scored by La Selecta.

6) Reference players

The important soccer players in El Salvador are Bryan Landaverde (defense) and Cristian Gil, both are members of the FAS of the local league.

On the Honduran side, there is Luis Palma (Aris from Greece) and Romell Quioto (Montreal). The catrachos are having a good time in their teams.

7) Final Four of the Nations League and Gold Cup

After the match between them, they will have the tough mission of qualifying for the Final Four and grabbing a direct ticket to the next Gold Cup.

Honduras is the leader of its group with 6 points, Canada and Curaçao follow with 3 points. But those of the Maple Leaf are missing two games against both teams. The H and Curaçao only lack the duel against Canada.

While El Salvador is also first with five points, over the four of the United States. The North Americans have two duels pending against Granada and El Salvador, the latter will be a final for both to qualify for the Final Four of the League of Nations.

8) Qualification to the World Cups

El Salvador has managed to get into a World Cup party only once and it was in 1982 when they had Jorge ‘Mágico’ González as a reference player and star,

While Honduras has been there three times, it even went with El Salvador to the 1982 World Cup. But for the Bicolor to return to the World Cup, it took more than 28 years, where they qualified with a victory (1-0) against El Salvador in Cuscatlan.

The other qualification was for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil at the hands of Luis Fernando Suárez.

9) The football war

Honduras entered into a war with El Salvador in June 1969 over political issues. Curiously, in that month both countries faced each other for the 1970 Mexico World Cup qualifier and in the middle of that game the acts of war began that lasted four days. The war for football never started.

10) The origin of the ‘Pupusas’

Apart from soccer, you have to know the history of the traditional Salvadoran dish that has its origin in pre-Columbian times and was inherited from the Mayas. It was traditionally popular in Guatemala and Honduras. According to historians, since the mid-16th century, they have appeared in Salvadoran kitchens and are now the traditional dish of the neighboring country that has internationalized them.