The participation of the Bicolor in the Nations League A Concacaf 2024! The national team reached National Stadium in search of classification, but the Costa Rica vs Guatemala result It was not what was expected.
After four games played, the National Team played in San José, Costa Rica, the last duel of the group stage. Below we will tell you how the meeting went and how the Bicolor was in its sector and what is coming for the Luis Fernando Tena‘s squad.
Nations League A Concacaf 2025: result Costa Rica vs Guatemala
The Bicolor came like him leader of group A with 7 points and with the hope of advancing to the round. I knew that the match against the Costa Ricans would be complicated and dangerous, because a bad result could leave them out of the quarter finals. With the captain’s significant casualties José Carlos Pinto and the midfielder Alejandro Galindo The Sele had to confront the Ticos.
However, things did not go as expected, with some variations in the lineup, the coach Luis Fernando Tena opted for entry as holders of Kevin Ruiz y William Cardozawho would later change. The strategy did not work.
Costa Rica 3-0 Guatemala
With the local fans supporting the Costa Ricans, the match started with the same objective for both teams: to win to be first in the group. This is how Warren Madrigal, the Valencia FC player from Spain, appeared in the 9th minute, who would defeat the goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen to open the score (1-0).
The locals maintained the siege before the Bicolorwho couldn’t get ahead or control the game. They dedicated themselves to taking care of the arch of Hagen. However, when Guatemala had reacted and was approaching the concierge by Patrick Sequeiraa counter-attack play would come in the 38th minute for the locals’ second goal with Kenneth Vargas.
Far from the quarterfinals
Although Guatemala was playing in San José, the mind was also focused on what was happening in the match between Suriname and Guyana, which was playing at the same time, because a favorable result for the locals would complicate the Bicolor. And so it happened.
The 66th minute passed and Joel Campbell, one of the emblematic Costa Rican players, entered for the Costa Ricans to put the chapines in trouble and in the 72nd minute captain Francisco Calvo would arrive and score 3-0 with a bicycle kick, to seal the match. Guatemala tried until the end to score, but neither goalkeeper Sequeira nor the crossbar allowed it.
Although strategist Tena sought to make a difference in the game with the entry of Pedro AltanMarco Dominguez, Rodrigo SaraviaDarwin Lom and Olger Escobar, was not enough to defeat the Ticos at home.
Simply impressive Francisco Calvo 🤩 pic.twitter.com/JpGrcvAGx2
— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) October 16, 2024
From leader to third place in the group
With that defeat and the victory of Suriname 5-1 against Guyana ended Guatemala’s hope of advancing to the quarterfinals and now they will have to play a playoff to seek the qualification for Gold Cup 2025.
Costa Rica took the lead in group A with 8 points, Suriname was second with 7 points and a goal difference of +5, while Guatemala was third with 7 points, but with +1. Now the Bicolor must focus on other competitions.
Did you know that the famous reality show Shark Tank coming to Guatemala? It will be the first country in Central America with its own version and it will definitely be the ideal opportunity for entrepreneurs to present their ideas to potential investors. Find out how to apply and all the related news in the Shark Tank special that we have prepared for you.
window.fbAsyncInit = function () {
FB.init({
appId: ‘936078066413175’,
cookie: true,
xfbml: true,
version: ‘v2.8’
});
FB.getLoginStatus(function (response) {
statusChangeCallback(response);
});
};
(function (d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s);
js.id = id;
js.src = ”
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
function statusChangeCallback(response) {
if (response.status === ‘connected’ && document.getElementById(‘buttonContainer’) != undefined) {
document.getElementById(‘buttonContainer’).style.display = ‘none’;
}
}
function checkLoginState() {
FB.getLoginStatus(function (response) {
statusChangeCallback(response);
});
}