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Digg ThisSAN SALVADOR, Aug 23 (Reuters) - El Salvador pulled off a shock 2-0 win over neighbours Honduras in Wednesday's friendly despite a pay row which prompted the entire squad to walk out of a training camp last week.
Luis Anaya put El Salvador ahead with a left-foot shot in the 26th minute and Victor Merino scored with a free kick which found its way through a forest of legs five minutes before halftime.
El Salvador had failed to beat their neighbours in their previous four meetings, a run stretching back to 2003.
The game came less than a week after the El Salvador squad walked out of a training camp, complaining that they were owed money for playing at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June.
The players returned on Sunday after being threatened with sanctions by the federation.
(writing by Brian Homewood in Rio de Janeiro)
