The first official event for the National Team of Guatemala Start today —19 hours – when you face Guyana by the first leg of the preliminary ronde qualifying to the next Gold Cup 2025.
The national team arrived in Barbados, a country in which the game will be played, at the request of the Guyanés team, YrIt was recognized to the Wildey Turf Stadium court, Where he will seek to take a considerable advantage that allows him to close the series without inconvenience, next Tuesday, in the Cementos Progreso stadium.
This will be the second commitment of the year for the assembly of Luis Fernando Tena, after defeated In the city of Florida, Miami, United States, to the selected Honduras (2-1).
For this commitment, the Mexican coach will not be able to count on the goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen, who recovers from an injury to one hand, or with Aaron Herrera, Who requested not playing in this series because both meetings will be played on artificial surface and the side recovers from an injury, so, as a precaution, he requested permission from the coaching staff.
For its part, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, who was discarded, managed to recover from a knee discomfort And he reached him to be able to return with the bicolor, so it will be an option for the technician Tena.
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As for the confrontations between both teams, the balance is inclined in favor of the Guatemalan team, as it faced five times YTODAS have been victories for the bicolor.
This will be the second time Guyana and Guatemala face a classification to the Gold Cup. The first was in 2021, under the command of Marvin Amarini Villatoro.
On that occasion, the Sele won in unique part 4-0, with annotations by Luis Martínez, Darwin Lom and José Martínez, plus a self-gol. In fact, this has been the largest registered win.
The other three duels have been for the Concacaf Nations League, and the last confrontation between the two (3-1) It took place in October last year. The other two times were in friendly matches.
According to the Duel Registry, the first time both nations faced was the March 17, 1988, by a pre -Olympic, towards the Seoul Olympic Games, When he ended in Victoria for the Bicolor (3-0).
“This is a very important commitment. I come very focused to give myself fully. They They have very unbalanced players on the sidesso we will have to be very attentive to neutralize them. We have to win to close this series in Guatemala in the best way, “said the defense Nicolás Samayoa, who militates at the FC Politehnica Iasi in Romania.