Next Saturday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m., the selection of Guatemala will face their counterpart from El Salvador in a friendly match played at the Dignity Health Sports Park located in the city of Carson, California.
The two Central American teams will use the exhibition match to fine-tune some details prior to the start of the Concacaf Nations League, which will begin for both teams on Thursday, September 5.
The blue and white team is coming off two wins, two draws and one loss in its last five matches, and will arrive in the United States with a squad full of young players, who will look to surprise coach Luis Fernando Tena.
For its part, the “Selecta” arrives after one victory, two draws and two defeats in its last five matches; and in addition, it has not managed to beat the Guatemalan team for three years, when they beat the bicolor 2-0 in the 2021 Gold Cup.
Statements by the coach of El Salvador
The Spanish coach of El Salvador, David Donigagave statements to the Salvadoran media prior to the trip to the United States, where he clarified that the Cuscatleco national team “does not take friendlies as friendlies,” and will go out with everything to try to win.
“There are no friendlies for a team like us. We’re going all out to get a win, whatever the conditions. We have to get rid of the weight of not being able to beat them for more than three years. I think we’ll go with a different mentality,” the coach insisted.
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“It would be hypocritical to say that the score is not important, I promised results from the first press conference. The result is what we are looking for, of course, given the circumstances surrounding the match,” said coach Dóniga.
Finally, the European coach spoke about Guatemala’s dominance in the last encounters between the two teams, assuring that they want to beat the national team: “We are going to do our best to beat them and surpass them in all aspects,” he concluded.
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