The Guatemala selection concluded its participation in the Seychelles 2025 Beach Soccer World Cup During the early hours of this Monday, May 5, after having faced his Belarusian similar in the Paradise Arena in the duel that opened the last date of the group stage.
Belarus and Guatemala arrived with different contexts to this decisive game. The European team was with Japan one of the favorites to dominate the group and with its results throughout the group stage achieved it, while the national squad won a historic victory against Seychelles and aspired to a favorable marker before his last rival to dream of the classification, which finally did not arrive After losing 12 goals to 3.
This marker allows Belarus to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup as first of the group to and settle as one of the title candidates.
In the 2024 edition held at the United Arab Emirates, Belarus was one of the best selections at the end of the fourth place in the contest. In the semifinals the European team succumbed to Brazil, which ended crowning.
For his part, Guatemala closes his campaign in Seychelles 2025, the first World Soccer Cup in its history.
During the match at the Arena Paraside, the great dominator was Belarus. The first period ended with an advantage of only 2-0, so it seemed that Guatemala could have some kind of reaction, however, in the second third the disadvantage for the bicolor became insurmountable.
Belarus went to the rest of the second partial with a score of 7-0, so the classification for the blue and white was already impossible.
However, the final part of the Guatemala match fought with all its might and although it ended up receiving more goals, the zero was also removed on the scoreboard.
Pablo Crocker, Erick Montepeque and Berny Marroquín were responsible for scoring national goals.
The final result leaves Guatemala without options to fight for a ticket to the quarterfinals. The difference in goals in direct duel against Japan, which still has a pending match, is already unattainable, so the Asian squad will be the second classified even if it loses against Seychelles, since it must be winked so as not to stay second.
The Bicolor ends its first beach soccer World Cup with a balance of two losses and a historic victory achieved against Seychelles for 4 goals to 3.
The World Cup will continue its course and on May 10 will crown the champion.