National Soccer
The captain of the beach soccer team that debuted on May 1 with defeat against Japan in the World Cup in Seychelles, Pablo Crocker, assumed responsibility for the result and sent a message to the Guatemalan fans.
Pablo Crocker, player number 10, is the captain and reference of Guatemala. (Free Press Photo: @Fedefut_Oficial)
The Guatemala Beach soccer team debuted on Thursday, May 1 in the Seychelles Beach Soccer World Cup 2025 with a 2-6 defeat against Japan.
Although the Bicolor began the match well and was in advantage for more than half of the game, Japan ended up demonstrating that he is one of the candidates for the title by physically imposing himself on Guatemala and turning him around in the third period of the game to end a favorable score.
However, Guatemala demonstrated a good level during the first moments of the commitment and also great defensive actions, despite the bulky final marker.
Pablo Crocker, captain and reference of the Guatemala selection that is in Seychelles, shared his reaction after the end of the game and said that the Guatemalan team will not surrender and seek the classification to the next round in the matches that remain in the group stage.
Guatemala will seek the classification in Seychelles 2025
“We knew it was going to be complicated, Japan is a selection of quite a trade,” said the captain.
On the development of the party, Crocker said that Guatemala gave a good game, but that the experience in these scenarios ended up giving the advantage to the Japanese.
“We gave them a good game, but their experience was invoiced. We gave a game worthy of a World Cup,” he said.
The Guatemala selection still has two games in the group stage to try to look for their classification to the next round of what is his first World Cup beach.
“There is still a game by game and we will look for the classification“Crocker told FIFA media.
The next rival of Guatemala will be the local team, Seychelles, which he will face on Saturday, May 3 at 9 am at the Paradise Arena.
Subsequently Guatemala will close the activity in the group stage against Belarus on Monday, May 5 at 5.00 hours.