The winning team virtually guarantees advancement to the next round.

Four years ago, Honduras humiliated and virtually eliminated Canada on their way to the World Cup in Brazil, in a match that ended 8-1, but this year the Canadians are better prepared and the Hondurans became stronger after their great time at the Olympics. , where with the help of their technical director, the Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto, they played a big role. The match will take place this Friday at the San Pedro Stadium in Sula, Honduras, starting at 3 p.m. local time.

TORONTO.- Honduras and Canada, who are tied with 4 points in their group, must win the next qualifying match if they want to continue the fight for a place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as both teams are always with life. Mexico is first in the group, already qualified for the next round of the CONCACAF Qualifiers, but this week's day will practically define the other places in the French final. The Hondurans are confident they can win easily at home, as they did 4 years ago when they beat the Canadians 8-1, largely because the match was played in a very hot environment and humid, with a temperature of around 40 degrees Celsius. to which Central Americans are accustomed and Canadians are not. But now Canada comes in better prepared to fight and comes in with an even point against depth.

This is the fourth date of the World Cup qualifiers in Group A. Honduras maintains second position in the group with four points, the same as Canada but with a better goal difference. The only one already ranked is Mexico, which made perfect progress with 12 points. Honduras must win this match against the Canadians and look for many goals to realize their dream of reaching Russia. It will be a difficult match for the Canadians, the San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Olympic Stadium is expected to be completely filled, for a match which will take place at 3 p.m. local time, when the temperature will surely be at its highest.

A draw would be deadly for the Canadians, as the goal difference would leave Honduras a place in the next round, and things would be complicated for the next match where they face the bottom-ranked El Salvador team, but. he is also not eliminated if he manages to win his next matches by a large majority. Honduras will face its next match against undefeated Mexico, the toughest rival in this group.

Other matches from the decisive day of CONCACAF Qualifiers on the way to Russia 2018

So far, Mexico is the only team that has a guaranteed place in the next round of the CONCACAF qualifiers, hence the great importance of the matches taking place this week, where Canada, alongside the United States, Teams from the Caribbean and Central America are battling for that region's spots at the Russia 2018 World Cup.

Here are the matches that will take place:

group A

Friday September 2:

3:00 p.m. San Pedro Sula, Honduras vs. Canada.

9:06 p.m. – San Salvador, El Salvador vs. Mexico

Tuesday September 6

9:00 p.m. – Mexico City, Mexico vs. Honduras

9:00 p.m. – Vancouver, Canada vs. The Savior

Group B

Friday September 2

7:00 p.m. – Port-au-Prince, Haiti vs. Costa Rica

8:30 p.m. – Panama, Panama against. Jamaica

Tuesday September 6

8:30 p.m. – San José, Costa Rica vs. Panama

8:30 p.m. – Kingston, Jamaica vs. Haiti

Group C

Friday September 2

2:30 p.m. – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v. UNITED STATES

6:00 p.m. – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago vs. Guatemala

Tuesday September 6

7:15 p.m. – Florida, United States vs. Trinidad and Tobago

7:15 p.m. – Guatemala City, Guatemala vs. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines