The Pensativo stadium was the venue for the meeting between Guatemala and Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Concacaf W Qualifier, a tournament that awards the region’s passes for the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics. Guatemala could not host and fell 1-2 against the Caribbean team.
#VamosGuate | Final! Guatemala ???????? falls 1-2 to Saint Kitts and Nevis ???????? and its passage to Concacaf W is complicated, a tournament that gives the quotas in the region for the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Guatemala 1-2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
The meeting began very complicated for the locals, the pressure from the Caribbean did not allow them to generate play and they were very uncomfortable in the Penstativo. Despite this, the first clear play on goal came for the nationals with a header by Andrea Álvarez, but it was well stopped by the Dickenson goal.
María Contreras was close to putting the national team to win in minute 7, but her shot was stopped inside the area. Entering the first quarter of an hour, Alexia Estrada donned her superhero cape and saved a point-blank shot from inside the area.
When Guatemala seemed to begin to reduce the visiting pressure, an error in Guatemala’s defense ended in a penalty and despite the fact that Alexia guessed the direction of the ball, it was well placed by Bailey-Williams and at 20′ the Caribbean team was already winning 0-1.
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#VamosGuate | 20′ GOOOOOOOL SANCRISTOBALEÑO! Bailey-Williams overtakes the Caribbean ⚽
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Number 5 did not want to enter
Multiple failures were present in the face of goal for Guatemala, in the 24th minute the presence of the tie became more present. A shot by María Contreras was deflected and hit the crossbar, the rebound was well dominated by Álvarez who left the ball for Monterroso and inside the area Dickenson stopped the national captain’s shot and kept her goal at 0.
Most of the national danger plays were created by Aisha Solórzano, at 25 ‘she made a center that was well headed by Álvarez, but again Dickenson took a complicated ball from below. At 28 ‘, Álvarez was able to beat the visiting goal from 11 meters and once again the duel was won by the Caribbean goal, saving a well-advised penalty to the right side.
Aisha and Álvarez kept trying, but the ball did not go in, even a cross from the corner that was finished off by Andrea let it pass between Leslie Ramírez’s legs and on the line the Caribbean defense took the ball and increased the national impotence, which He closed a first seeing how his captain María Monterroso could not continue in the match due to injury.
The reaction
At the start of the second half, María Monterroso was officially replaced and Celsa Cruz entered her position. In a joint play between Elisa Texaj and Leslie Ramírez, it ended in a center by the latter that was finished off by the recently entered Cruz, putting the tie at 48 ‘.
A hard knock
Guatemala was shown to be the dominant team in the second half, the problem for the national team was that it did not generate the same scoring chances as in the first half, after placing the tie, the nationals tried but did not put the teams in trouble. visitors.
With the blue and white turned in attack, a counterattack by the Caribbean team at minute 70 found the national team badly stopped and with a cross from the right wing, Jahzara Claxton finished off alone inside the area and beat Alexia putting the Caribbean team to win 1-2.
#VamosGuate | 70′ GOOOAAAL SANCRISTOBALEÑO! Jahzara Claxton puts the Caribbean to win ⚽
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Guatemala tried everything, but the ball did not want to enter, the best example of this came in the 87th minute. Savianna Gomes first finished off a cross from the left wing, but again Dickenson stretched to get the ball out and kept the lead for her country.
The national classification is complicated
Guatemala could not play at home and lost 1-2 to its counterpart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, this result complicates the hypothetical classification for Concacaf W, since it remains in first position in group B, but is tied on points with Costa Rica (team with one game less) and with Saint Kitts and Nevis.
