El Salvador bets on a reaction against Jamaica and "Bolillo" said: "We're not as bad as we looked"

El Salvador will face Jamaica at the Cuscatlán Stadium in the third matchday of the Concacaf Nations League. (Courtesy: National Sports Institute)The El Salvador national team will face a decisive Concacaf Nations League match this Friday. La Selecta will host Jamaica in search of a result that allows them to regain confidence in the third matchday. The match will be played at 8:00 PM (local time) at the Cuscatlán Stadium, where the team coached by Hernán Darío Gómez will have the challenge of responding after recent results. According to the National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES), Gómez acknowledged that his team has been struggling at both ends of the field, although he maintained that the week's work focused on correcting them."It has been difficult not defending well and not attacking well, but we have worked on that. You can't stop working. We have important players for that," the coach said this Thursday at the press conference ahead of the match. The Colombian coach expects a response from the start of the match against the Caribbean side. "Bolillo" emphasized that the squad showed better physical condition in previous matches, an aspect he considers necessary to sustain the pace for the full 90 minutes. La Selecta arrives at the match with a full squad, with no injured players among those called up. (Courtesy: National Sports Institute)The head coach also referred to the 0-6 loss to Guatemala, a result that raised questions about the performance of the Cuscatleco squad. The South American coach asked that the match not be taken as a definitive measure of the group's abilities and explained that he held conversations with the players to review what happened."I'm going to somewhat isolate the match against Guatemala, because we are not as bad as we looked, nor is the gap that big," he said. The coach added that the team has responded favorably in physical terms in recent matches. After that analysis, the coaching staff focused on the challenge against Jamaica. The preparation included meetings with the players and match review, with the aim of strengthening the squad's mental response ahead of a match to be played at the Cuscatlán. Gómez also confirmed that he has no injury absences. "Everyone is available," he said of a group that arrives practically complete for the call-up. Hernán Darío Gómez maintained that the team needs consecutive wins to consolidate the sporting process. (Courtesy: National Sports Institute)Concern about the relationship with the fans took up much of the coach's remarks. The coach admitted that the group feels the discontent generated by recent results and set the rebuilding of that trust as a priority."One of the things we have felt most in the group is the sadness toward the people of El Salvador," said "Bolillo." "It's the hardest thing, what has cost us the most and what we have most in mind: winning back those we had been winning over." The coach clarified that a victory against Jamaica will not be enough to consolidate the process. To achieve that, he considered that El Salvador will need to sustain good performances and string together favorable results. After two matchdays, El Salvador sits in fifth place with three points in League A, Group A. (Courtesy: Concacaf Nations League)"We have to win matches in a row so that people are convinced, and so that we convince ourselves too that we really are doing something," he said. The match against Jamaica will test that progress and offer La Selecta an opportunity to respond in front of its home crowd.