The Guatemala team met on April 10, 2025 that it will face Panama, Jamaica and Guadalupe in the next edition of the Gold Cup of Concacaf, which will take place between July 14 and 6 in the United States and Canada.
After the draw made in Miami, Florida, USA Reggae Boyzand the Gwada Boys, The latter already are an old acquaintances.
The story between Guatemala and Guadalupe is not very wide, but in the few background that exists you can talk about a rivalry already very marked.
In fact, Guadalupe was the selection that marked The dismissal of Amarini Villatoro of the position as coach of Guatemala.
Guatemala vs Guadalupe: a rivalry in the Gold Cup
The first antecedent that exists between the selections of Guatemala and Guadalupe occurred in the preliminary round of the Gold Cup 2021.
That match was defining in the aspirations of Amarini Villatoro in his stage as coach of the National Team since he came from being out of the way to the World Cup of 2022.
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Guatemala and Guadalupe met at Chase Stadium on July 6, 2021 to determine one of the selections that would advance to the group stage, but on the way Matthias Phaëton advanced to the Gwada Boys And Luis Martínez marked 1-1.
The score was no longer moved and it was necessary to go to a batch batch batch where Guadalupe would triumph 10-9.
Despite being eliminated Guatemala would end up playing the Gold Cup 2021 because I replace Curacao, who suffered from a massive contagion of Covid 19.
Two years later, in the Gold Cup 2023, the Bicolor and Guadalupe again saw the faces, but this time in the last game of the group stage.
Again Guadalupe took the advantage through Andreaw Gravillon (27 ‘), but Rubín Rubín tied for 39’.
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In the second half and with the context that Guatemala had to win to move around, there was a goals festival: Ange-Freddy Plumain, Rubín Rubín and Carlos Mejía scored so that the Marker will end 2-3 in favor of the Guatemalans.
That meeting is in fact one of the most remembered of Luis Fernando Tena.