The National Soccer Team from Guatemala He is preparing to face his preparation party against El Salvador on May 31, at Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, United States.
This commitment will serve coach Luis Fernando Tena to get rhythm to the double day that will have for himto the world cup of 2026, In which he will face, on June 6, to the Dominican Republic, at the Cementos Progreso Stadium, and on the 10 of the same month, Jamaica, in the city of Kingston.
It will be the fourth meeting that Guatemala will hold against the Salvadoran team in the era of Luis Fernando Tena. Of the previous ones, two have been friendly, with one victory for each, and the other, for the Concacaf National League, on September 7, 2023, when the Bicolor won 2-0, with annotations by Carlos Mejía and Pedro Altán.
Among those convened are not players such as Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Rubio Méndez Rubín, Olger Escobar and Aarón Herrera, who will surely be part of the list for official games.
Almost complete equipment
Luis Fernando Tena had been working with 10 players while finishing the Clausura Tournament, and already managed to have To most of his summoned menonly with the absences of goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen, from Columbus Crew of the MLS, and Archímides Ordóñez, of Zimbru Chisinau, from Moldavia. Both will join the national team when they arrive in the United States.
With the return of Ordonez to the national team, after not having responded to several calls, Tena will have four players who will command the attack against Salvadoranstogether with Érick Lemus and Darwin Lom, of communications, in addition to Óscar Santis, of the old GFC champion.
“This game will help us a lot to improve in some details before the games that we will have for the tie,” Lemus said.
After this commitment, Tena will have to make a new list to define the 23 players with whom he will face the group E of the World Cup tie, so several of those who will play against El Salvador could be left out of the official matches.
Óscar Santis
Infallible in the calls of coach Luis Fernando Tena. While his function is to outline from behind, he is the scorer of the bicolor in the Mexican coach’s process, with 12 goals.
Darwin Lom
After having been absent, Lom raised his hand again to return to the SELE with his outstanding actions with communications, and received the technician’s confidence again. Adds 11 goals and is emerging to be one of the headlines.
A. Ordonez
After rejected several calls, the U-20 World Cup has had open doors. With his return he must show that so much insistence of ten and having left others who deserved the opportunity worth it.
Érick Lemus
Little by little, Tena’s trust was won and demonstrated it based on goals and outstanding performances with creams. Today, Lemus has become one of the fundamental pieces of the Guatemalan front.