2024-04-24 12:43:46
What a good start from the boys! The Guatemala U-18 team defeated Ecuador in the first friendly match of the UEFA Friendship Tournaments 2024 which is celebrated in Türkiye.
The Bicolor is the representative of Central America and of Concacaf together with Jamaica in this friendly tournament that brought together teams from all over the world so that football players have greater international contact. Below we will tell you how the game went. What a chilero!
UEFA Friendship Tournaments: Under-18 Guatemala beat Ecuador in their debut
The national team led by Mexican coach Marvin Cabrera made its presentation against the South American team, in the championship that will be held from 22 to 30, 2024 in Turkey at the Sense De Luxe sports complex in Antalya.
The groups of tournament They are divided as follows: Group B will be made up of the teams from Ecuador, Morocco, Slovakia and Guatemala. While group A is made up of: Jamaica, Mali, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye.
Sub-18 Guatemala 2 (5) – 2 (3) Ecuador
The Bicolor Sub-18 It began its presentation on Monday, April 22, 2024 against its counterpart in Ecuador. In regulation time Guatemala tied 2-2 against the South Americans thanks to the scores of Saúl Sagastume y Olger Escobarwhich caused the match to be decided by kicks from the penalty spot.
This was how the first Guatemala meeting reached the definition dramatic, but which the selected team knew how to control and manage in the best way, since the match ended in favor of Guatemala 5-3, thus achieving its first two points of the championship.
Now Marvin Cabrera’s team will have a day of recovery, since their next rival It will be Morocco, which they will face on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 starting at 2:30 a.m. (early morning) in Guatemala, to seek their first three points.
The fourth meeting of the group stage It will be against Slovakia on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 3:00 a.m., also in the early morning, and this way the Chapines will know who their next rival will be.
How will the UEFA Under-18 championship in Türkiye be defined?
The parties to define the championship of the friendly of UEFA and the team positions They will be played on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
These meetings will be among the first places of groups A and B to define the winner. The second places will compete third positionwhile the third places in the classificationwill be measured for fifth place, and the last ones, for seventh and eighth place.
Some of the selected from Under-18 team who will participate in the invitational tournament of Türkiye will also be part of the Sub-20 who will compete in the Concacaf U-20 Championship. This event will be held from July 19 to August 4, in the cities of Celaya e Irapuatoin the State of Guanajuato, Mexico, in which Guatemala will also be directed by the strategist Marvin Cabrera, so this tournament will be of great importance for the national teams. What a chilero!
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