National Soccer
The national team will play against Honduras its first friendly of the year, which will be its only prior essay to face Guyana for a 2025 Gold Cup ticket.
The National Defense, Gerardo Gordillo, raises his arms in the friendly duel between Guatemala and Honduras at the Inter Miami Stadium of Fort Lauderdale in Miami, Florida. (Free Press Photo: Fedefut)
The Guatemala selection and its similar from Honduras are close to celebrating A friendly match which will serve both as the only trial before playing the preliminary round of the Concacaf Gold Cup in the Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
This Party against Hondurasannounced in January 2025, will be one more in the already historic balance between the two squads that over the years have maintained a rivalry at the Central American level.
While duels between Guatemala and Honduras have been regular throughout history, since Luis Fernando Tena is in charge of the national team have barely faced twice.
The first confrontation against Honduras Under the direction of Tena It occurred in 2022 and the last in 2023.
The last game between the selections between Guatemala and Honduras
The last precedent between Guatemala and Honduras was a friendly match that was held in the same scenario where the duel of Sunday March 16 will be played of 2025.
The Chase Stadium (before DRV PNK Stadium) by Fort Lauderdale witnessed the goalless draw that starred Guatemala and Honduras on November 3, 2023.
This game was shortly after Guatemala was eliminated from the Gold Cup 2023 at the hands of Jamaica in the quarterfinals.
Before that game, Guatemalans and Hondurans faced each other in September 2022 and there was a matter that today seems far from passing again: Archímides Ordóñez wore the Guatemala selection shirt.
The footballer who now militates at the FC Zimbru Chisinau in Moldova started the meeting and played 80 minutes, being so far, his last participation with the bicolor.
Last five clashes between Guatemala and Honduras
In their last five antecedents on Sunday, March 16, the selections of Guatemala and Honduras arrive with a balance of two draws, two Guatemalan wins and one Honduran.
- Guatemala 0-0 Honduras, September 2023
- Honduras 2-1 Guatemala, September 2022
- Guatemala 2-1 Honduras, November 2020
- Guatemala 3-1 Honduras, February 2016
- Honduras 1-1 Guatemala, October 2015
