National Soccer
Guatemala national team prepares a friendly game once morest a world champion
The National Soccer Federation of Guatemala is in talks to make a friendly match official once morest a world champion South American team.
The Mexican coach of the Guatemala National Team, Luis Fernando Tena, leads a training session prior to the matches once morest Ecuador and Venezuela in March. (Free Press Photo: FEDEFUT)
The Guatemala National Soccer Team might finish 2024 playing with at least four South American teams, including two world champions.
As he was able to know Free Presscurrently the National Soccer Federation of Guatemala is in talks to arrange a match once morest Uruguay.
The bicolor, which is preparing to enjoy the Fifa date in March where the elections in Ecuador and Venezuela will be held, would like to play another high-level match once morest a top team and that is why there are talks to close a friendly duel in June 2024, a few days following the Concacaf World Cup qualifying debut.
Although there are conversations and there is an intention for the game once morest Uruguay to take place, everything is at a premature stage and the details have yet to be finalized. If it finally comes to fruition, Guatemala would play once morest two world champions in a couple of days, since on June 14 they will face Lionel Messi’s Argentina.
The team trained by Luis Fernando Tena has trained in recent days at the Fedefut High Performance Center facilities in zone 15 and is planned to make the trip to the United States next week for the duels once morest Ecuador and Venezuela.
2024 is a key year for the Guatemalan National Team as the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada begin and that is why an attempt has been made to organize as many matches as possible so that bicolor arrives with filming.
On the way to the 2026 World Cup, the national bicolor was paired with Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and a rival that will emerge from the match between the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.
The first rival of the Blue and White is the Caribbean team of Dominica who will face on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 on Guatemalan soil.
The second match will be on Saturday, June 8 once morest the winner of the tie between the British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands. For this match, Guatemala must travel and play as a visitor.
For its third match, Bicolor will have to wait almost a year, but the playoffs will return to action in June 2025. Guatemala will face the Dominican Republic at home on Saturday, June 6, 2025 and will complete its matches on Tuesday the 10th, visiting Jamaica on the last date.
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