After canceling the premiere of the cycle of Luis Fernando Tena in the friendly against Canada, quickly the Guatemalan national team at the last moment and in a flash a triangle with Belize Y Nicaragua, which will be held in Managua from the 26th of this month to the 1st of February.
In this way, the first blank matches were confirmed for the cycle of Tena in ‘la Bicolor’ in a contest that will bring together the only three continental teams from Central America that have not yet played a world Cup.
Dominican Republic It was going to be the third team invited to this triangular but it declined the proposal due to the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the region and, finally, it will be Belize the third team that will play this tournament that coincides with the first international window of FIFA in 2022.
Nicaragua Y Guatemala will open the mini-tournament on Wednesday, January 26, then Guatemala Y Belize they will cross on Saturday 29, and the closure will be for the host Guatemala Y Belize on Tuesday, February 1. All games will take place at the National Stadium in Managua.
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Looking ahead to the 2026 World Cup, which will be jointly organized by Canada, U.S Y Mexico, Concacaf will have a historic possibility open for its teams to play a World Cup due to the available places that this region of the world will have.
This is a great incentive in the preparation for teams such as Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize, without aspirations of reaching Qatar 2022, to start an extensive cycle of preparation first for the Gold Cup next year but in the long term thinking of saying present in the 2026 World Cup.
