2024-09-10 07:51:08
In a party atmosphere in the Doroteo Guamuch Flores Stadium was lived intensely Central American classic that left a Guatemala vs Costa Rica resulta bittersweet taste for the chapines.
The Bicolor completed his second match of the group stage of the Nations League A which keeps them in the zone to qualify for the next round. Below we tell you how the match against the Costa Ricans ended. What a joke!
Concacaf Nations League A 2024: Guatemala vs Costa Rica result
He coach Luis Fernando Tena It was clear to him that in the match against Costa Rica there was no other option but to win, because a negative result could complicate things for him in Group A of the first round.
That’s why he surprised with an aggressive lineup with three forwards. Rubio Mendez, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing y Oscar Santiswith which he would ensure speed with Santis and physicality with Méndez and Nathaniel, who could fight for the position against the Costa Rican defenders.
With the security of Nicholas Hagen In goal along with their defenders, Guatemala sought to open the scoring from the start of the match, but they were not precise throughout the entire encounter.
Guatemala 0-0 Costa Rica
And as in all intense games, Guatemala had to face not only the approach of coach Claudio Vivas, who left the spotlight to the chapines and cut the game short to take the rhythm away from the locals, also due to the midfielder’s injury Alejandro Galindo.
With Galindo showing signs of pain, the strategist Luis Fernando Tena entered in the second half Pedro Altanwhich led to greater ball control and greater precision in the plays, but the holding midfielder Marco Dominguez had to have better control in the recovery.
Although Guatemala He was not effective in the offensive plays to beat goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira, but they did have a successful game in marking dangerous men like Joel Campbellwho was neutralized in the Costa Rican front line.
The Bicolor had options to open the scoring through Oscar Santisbut on two occasions the actions were annulled for offside, but in the last minutes of the match Tena entered Oscar Castellanos, Jose Morales and José Carlos Martínez to look for more depth and the goal that would give the victory, but they could not sentence the match and had to settle for the scoreless draw.
The first of the Central American Classics
Guatemalans and Costa Ricans ended with a draw in the first of the two games they will play in the Nations League A which keeps both teams in the qualification zone, in first and second position with four points each, to be able to advance to the quarterfinalsso the second match they will have on the last day will be key.
The team of Luis Fernando Tena will have a month to prepare for the next two games of the Nations League A, where they cannot afford to miss out on thinking about the next round. So get ready!
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