Local football fans are eagerly anticipating a match between this year's National Premier League Champion, Verdes, when they take on the Mexican football club, known as Gallos Blancos de Querétaro. That will be the first match that a Belizean Team has played in the CONCACAF Champion's League since 2008.
It's a major opportunity for the Verdes team, and with the backing of the Football Federation of Belize, they are making preparations to host the Mexican team on next week Tuesday, August 18.
In order to play at the next level of footbal, the Verdes has acquired 4 new players, and today, they introduced them publicly at a press conference held at the FFB Headquarters in Belmopan. Verdes' Technical Director, Marvin Ottley, explained the teams recent training, and these new team members:
Marvin Ottley, Verdes' Technical Director
"We have been on a very rough 8 weeks of work. I think many players have been through a lot of sometimes maybe disgusts, because of the type 
of training we have been doing. But the Champions League is a professional league atmosphere and we had to get ourselves prepared to that level. To date, we have played 11 friendlies; we have played 7 international friendly and 4 at home and we think we have done quite well. That's the atmosphere we are going to face when we go to Querétaro in Mexico. So our preparation have been very well. I believe we are quite ready for next Tuesday in regards to where we are at as a team preparation wise."
"The team have a lot of new acquisition in the sense of Deon McCaulay, we have Yuras Silva, who is a Brazilian import. Those are players I think the people from the media will have to look at in regards to excitement, based on what Mr. Perez just explained - the Verdes normally brings a level of entertainment and excitement all the time. We have our solid veteran captain who told me after the championship 'coach, that's it for me' and I tell him I don't think so. I have to demand a extra year out of you, because of the Champions League and he is on board of the best condition of his life and ready to go. So from a team perspective, we are in the best form to play and we are looking forward for Tuesday."
To reiterate those new players who will be on the team for next week's match including super striker Deon McCaulay, Trinidadian Oswin Williams and Brazilians Yuras Silva and William Nascimento.
That game takes place at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the FFB Stadium in Belmopan.
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