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Guatemala U20: Three challenges for the bicolor in the Concacaf Pre-World Cup
The Guatemala U20 team will play in Mexico in the Pre-World Cup on the way to the 2025 World Cup in Chile.
The U20 team will play for its third World Cup. (Photo Prensa Libre: FEDEFUT)
The Guatemala U20 National Team is in Mexico to compete between July 19 and August 4 the Concacaf Pre-World Cup that will provide four tickets to the World Cup to be held in Chile in 2025.
This will be the 22nd participation of the blue and white in a Concacaf Under-20 men’s championship, making Guatemala one of the teams that has participated in the tournament the most times.
Over the years, the bicolor has had outstanding performances, such as the one it had in the 2022 edition held in Honduras, where it reached the semi-finals and qualified for the 2023 World Cup in Argentina, or as in the years 1962 and 1973, when it was runner-up.
Another good performance was in 2011 when she finished third and obtained a ticket to the World Cup that same year in Colombia.
The challenges of the U20 team in the 2024 World Cup
A third qualification for the U-20 World Cup is the main objective of coach Marvin Cabrera and his pupils
The main challenge for the new generation of footballers will be to surpass what their predecessors have achieved. The last Guatemalan U20 team to participate in the Pre-World Cup had an outstanding performance by reaching the semi-final stage under the technical direction of Rafael Loredo. After a start that left many doubts following losing 5-1 to El Salvador, the bicolor recovered and left positive results such as the 3-1 victory once morest Panama in the group stage, the 1-1 once morest Canada in the round of 16 and the elimination of Mexico in the quarter-finals with the stellar appearance of Jorge Moreno in goal.
Another of Marvin Cabrera’s challenges on the bench will be knowing take advantage of the figures at your disposal. Players like Marvin Avila Jr., Olger Escobar and Matthew Evans have shown they are ready to excel alongside the rest of their teammates, but how they will perform together in a tournament of this magnitude will be a test for Cabrera’s project.
Playing at 100% from the start. The Guatemalan National Team He will have to work hard from the start as he must face two of the most dangerous teams. in the Pre-World Cup. The bicolor will debut at the Sergio León Chávez stadium once morest Panama, a team with fewer participations in the competition but with three times as many qualifications for the World Cup.
Panama has played in 6 U-20 World Cups once morest 2 for Guatemala; while the second rival of the blue and white will be Mexico, a team that will be playing at home and is the historical winner of the tournament with 13 titles (last in 2015).
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