National Soccer
Luis Fernando Tena opened the possibility that the Guatemala selection does not play in the cements progressing the qualifiers.
Image of the thoughtful stadium of Antigua Guatemala. (PHOTO PRESS FREE: Juan Diego González).
The Guatemala selection It is less than three months after playing the World Cup qualifiers match against the Dominican Republic, the penultimate course to the third round of classification of Concacaf for the 2026 World Cup.
Everything seemed to point out that after the closure of the Doroteo Guamuch Flores By remodeling, the stadium to use for Guatemala would be the progress cements, however, some statements by Luis Fernando Tena after winning Guyana in the preliminary to the Gold Cup again opened the debate: What should be the house of the National Team?
The options do not seem to be many, since Guatemala does not have a great sports infrastructure that allows him to have where to choose from.
When the closure of the Doroteo Guamuch Flores was announced quickly two options appeared: the Cementos Progreso (which was already used against Guyana) and the Pensivo Stadium of Antigua Guatemala.
Where could the Guatemala selection play
It seemed that the theme was settled and the cements progressing to be chosen for the qualifiers, however, after the series of repechage against Guyana, a small inconvenience that perhaps had not been taken into account before, and Your synthetic grass.
This was stated by the Bicolor coach, Luis Fernando Tena, stating that there is the possibility that for the June 6 match against the Dominican Republic, he will change his headquarters.
This leaves only a clear option for Guatemala to play at home, and another a little further.
The first and the most logical, It would be to use the thoughtful stadium of Antigua Guatemala. This complies with the requirements of Concacaf and FIFA and is liked by Tena and the players for their natural gramilla.
Another option that has been handled, but does not have so much future, is the option of using the Camposeco Mario, Casa del Xelajú MC. However, this enclosure does not currently have FIFA permits to be able to play a World Cup tie, so the panorama to house a selection match in Quetzaltenango is further from happening.