Is the El Salvador women’s team favorite to get a ticket to the Gold Cup? – 2024-02-17 12:03:51

Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez

This Saturday, February 17, at 9:00 pm, the El Salvador women’s team will play a match against Guatemala, which will be a litmus test on their way to get the historic ticket to the first edition of the W Gold Cup. Erick Acuña’s team demonstrated in the playoffs that football of the category exists in the country, and has a lot to do with the perfect path that was drawn in search of the long-awaited dream; However, how favorite is the blue and white to win the ticket?

The women’s team demonstrated in the qualifiers towards the Gold Cup the talent that exists in the category, with six possible victories, goals and a perfect pace to reach the preliminaries where they will face the Guatemalan team. The first phase gave the team popularity in soccer, a sport that is not going through the best moment on Salvadoran soil.

In contrast to Guatemala, El Salvador debuted with a score of 0-3, as a visitor against Nicaragua. Subsequently, he advanced with Martinique after a 9-1 win at the Las Delicias stadium and, then, the series against Honduras. In the away game they won by the minimum and in the home game they beat the H team 5-0.

The last two matches were essential to qualify for the playoffs, the team beat Martinique 0-2 and won the home match against the Nicaraguans 4-1. These results gave the women’s team greater popularity and put them under the spotlight

For its part, Guatemala had two draws, a victory and a defeat along the way. The Central American albiceleste team had two even scores against Jamaica, a victory against Panama and a loss with the same team.

The background to this confrontation is the victory that the Salvadoran team achieved in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, by beating the bicolor team two to one, a result that gave the blue and white the bronze medal and left Guatemala in the fourth place.

The Salvadoran team left this Tuesday morning for Los Angeles where the match will be played that will leave one of the two teams with the ticket to the Gold Cup.

As the Salvadoran coach of the national team said previously, the team that makes the fewest mistakes in the match and takes advantage of the rival’s weaknesses may be the one that reaches the competition.