Forgotten Celtic winger Luis Palma suffers Honduras disaster

Luis Palma suffered a nightmare outing for his country <i>(Image: SNS)</i>
Luis Palma suffered a nightmare outing for his country (Image: SNS)
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Celtic winger Luis Palma admitted he suffered his lowest moment in football after his Honduras side were crushed by Canada and he was hooked at half time.

The 25-year-old spent the second half of the season on loan at Greek giants Olympiacos, but will return to Parkhead for the new season after they opted not to exercise a £3.3 million clause that would make the move permanent.

He made just three league starts for Olympiacos and his nightmare campaign reached a new low on international duty when Honduras crashed to a humiliating 6-0 defeat to Canada in a CONCACAF Gold Cup match at Vancouver and he was subbed off at the interval.

And Palma admitted it was a disastrous night for him.

He said: "It's very sad. It's one of my lowest moments in my career.


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"We have to accept we are going through a very difficult time at the moment. But we all know that was nowhere near acceptable.

"Now we have to use this as a learning experience for the rest of the tournament. The whole team is devastated by this setback.

"Only hard work will help us. We have to turn over a new page.

"We didn't have a clear idea of what we wanted to play, and it showed. This defeat hurts us all a lot."

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