Olympic Qualifying U24 Tournament - Guadalajara Mexico - March 18 to 30 2021

[dyslexic nam]

The integrity of the March competitions just keep getting better and better.   

[Gian-Luca]

One of the Haiti players in the anthem looks like he's not even an athlete

[Gian-Luca]

All you can do is laugh.....the commentators just announced that another 3 players could join the team/bench in the middle of the game if their Covid tests come back as negative in time.

[N1ckbr0wn]

3 minutes ago, Club Linesman said:

Here’s hoping Haiti get a couple goals somehow to knock down the differential.  Only in Concacaf.  

Definitely some CONCACAF sh**. I can’t be the only one who gets a little weary when I see something like this come up, and a team involved is from Central America..

[Gian-Luca]

I mean, are there any rules allowing a player to be added after you start the game with 10 players? I've never heard of a team starting a game with 10 players before

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

7 minutes ago, Dominic94 said:

Why don’t we get this kind of luck.

To be fair to Haiti, they had to scramble because some players were refused their travel visas to Mexico:

https://lenouvelliste.com/article/227468/haiti-vs-honduras-pour-commencer-dans-le-groupe-b

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Then there was the case of their keeper Florestal. His real birthday is Jan 6 2001, which is on his passport. However, his national ID card says Jan 6 2004. (Haiti gonna Haiti!)

The FHF gave CONCACAF Jan 6 2004 as his birthday. 

https://haititempo.com/marc-emy-florestal-plus-vieux-la-triche-sur-lage-serait-problematique/

It's listed as Jan 6 2004 here:

https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/teams/2020/949#tab_team=roster

So it was never clear if he would even be allowed to play.

 

 

[Aird25]

2 clearcut chances for Honduras in the opening minutes

Edited March 19, 2021 by Aird25

[El Hombre]

2 minutes ago, Aird25 said:

2 clearcut chances for Honduras in the opening minutes

Yeah, but Haiti #9 out there breaking ankles.  This is going to be fun.

[RS]

This shit is just par for the course. If all things go according to plan then Canada will simply need to do the business against Honduras. 

What could possibly go wrong?

[El Hombre]

Also, wasn't it Haiti that fucked us in 2012 qualifying when they took a throw quickly after we put the ball out for an injury?  Never forget.

[El Hombre]

2 minutes ago, RS said:

This shit is just par for the course. If all things go according to plan then Canada will simply need to do the business against Honduras. 

What could possibly go wrong?

So, are you saying that we just need to beat Honduras by wide margin?  Like 8-1 or something like that?

[Gian-Luca]

The 10 men of Haiti doing their best to try to reduce Honduras to 10 players by injuring at least one of them every 5 minutes. This could end well for us after all.

[Club Linesman]

So 2-0 after 19 minutes.  How does it end?  I am guessing 9-1.  For Honduras 😜

[El Hombre]

I'm starting to believe that Haiti's #9 is actually their social media coordinator.

[Club Linesman]

But we now have an actual goalie. I change my answer.  5-1.

[Gian-Luca]

They just took off the team caterer who was wearing #9 and have thrown in a real keeper as they got two negative tests back 20 minutes into the game. The Covid testing is more exciting than the game

[Club Linesman]

I think #9 is the team chef.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

8 minutes ago, El Hombre said:

So, are you saying that we just need to beat Honduras by wide margin?  Like 8-1 or something like that?

This is why I've been an Erling Haaland fan since May 2019.

https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/match/400010584/#match-summary

[JasonDias]

Why wouldn't Haiti just take the 3-0 forfeit? Surely that would of resulted in the least GD scenario for them.

[One American]

Maybe Benji Michel can file a one-time switch. 

[PiedPilko]

Wait, so they can just throw new guys into the lineup midgame? Couldn't they've just postponed both games by an hour?

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Just now, JasonDias said:

Why wouldn't Haiti just take the 3-0 forfeit? Surely that would of resulted in the least GD scenario for them.

[Gian-Luca]

Team caterer, team chef, team social media co-ordinator....any other theories as to #9's real job when he's not masquerading as a player? How about team water boy? Team Covid-tester? Team bus driver (well one of them at least, since apparently they must have at least two)?

[Gian-Luca]

5 minutes ago, PiedPilko said:

Wait, so they can just throw new guys into the lineup midgame? Couldn't they've just postponed both games by an hour?

I think they are still down to 10 men though, I guess they can't add a guy mid-game when starting at 10. They took off defender masquerading as goalkeeper for a real keeper and they took off the team massage therapist who was masquerading as a player for a real player.

Oh, wait a minute, commentators now saying that Haiti have 11 on the field, so i guess you can. Not sure why they are still playing so defensively

Edited March 19, 2021 by Gian-Luca

[PiedPilko]

I think they have 11 now