Despite having had good football times and having been more than close in the qualifying rounds for Germany 2006, the truth is that Guatemala has never been able to classify a FIFA World Cup, since 22 editions of the maximum contest have already been held at the national level.
Carlos “Pescadito” Ruiz, renowned former soccer player chapín, revealed what for him are the reasons why his country has never been able to access one of the most important sporting events on the entire planet (3.2 billion people see it), below just the Olympic Games (Approximately 4.8 billion).
Carlos “Pescadito” Ruiz in his current role as a journalist
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The first that the Guatemalan recognizes is the physical difference that there are with different rivals, mostly Caribbean. “There are teams that are physically superior, such as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago“, stated in a webinar with the media Chapines USA and Diario República.
Furthermore, it also denoted that there is a significant technical burden that differentiates them with other powers on the continent, highlighting “Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada and the United States“
Finally, he pointed out the importance of education in the soccer field: “You can take Pep Guardiola or Marcelo Bielsa, but if you do not understand what they explain to you, it is of little use“
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