The selection of El Salvador fulfilled and consummated its classification by octagonal final of the Concacaf, after beating Saint Kitts and Nevis 2-0 in the second leg of the repechage and seal an overall score of 6 goals to 0, so La Selecta qualified for the last round of the World Cup qualifying round for Qatar 2022 and reaffirmed the dream of returning to a World Cup for the first time since Spain 1982.
The Selecta will return to a final phase of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifying after an 11-year absence and will begin its path in the final octagonal, receiving nothing more and nothing less than the United States, next September 2 at the field of El Cuscatlán, who will have duels of the final phase of the World Cup qualification, for the first time since the process heading to South Africa 2010.
The team led by Hugo Pérez will have two consecutive home games, against the United States and Honduras, while his first outing will be to face Canada on September 8hey, the duel will most likely be held in the American Union, due to the still-in-force restrictions that the country of the maple leaf has due to the coronavirus pandemic.
For its part, The Salvadoran team will meet an old acquaintance on October 13, when they host Mexico in El Cuscatlán, to try to repeat what happened in the tie to South Africa 2010, when El Salvador surprised and defeated ‘Tri’ at home, whom they will face again on the last date of the octagonal final, to try to seal their ticket to Qatar in the Aztec stadium.
Calendar of El Salvador in the octagonal final of the Concacaf
We present the official dates of the duels of the El Salvador team, within the final octagonal of the Concacaf, heading to Qatar 2022:
– El Salvador vs United States: September 2 – 2021
– El Salvador vs Honduras: September 5 – 2021
– Canada vs El Salvador: September 8 – 2021
– El Salvador vs Panama: October 7 – 2021
– Costa Rica vs El Salvador: October 10 – 2021
– El Salvador vs Mexico: October 13 – 2021
– El Salvador vs Jamaica: November -2021 (Date to be confirmed)
– Panama vs El Salvador: November -2021 (Date to be confirmed)
– United States vs El Salvador: January 27 – 2022
– Honduras vs El Salvador: January 30 – 2022
– El Salvador vs Canada: February 2 -2022
– Jamaica vs El Salvador: March 24 – 2022
– El Salvador vs Costa Rica: March 27 – 2022
– Mexico vs El Salvador: March 30 -2022
Here is the Final Round calendar for the Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022👇
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La Selecta dreams of returning to a World Cup
The Central American squad has already taken its first steps and overcame the previous phases to reach the octagonal final and now it will seek to keep the World Cup dream alive, to return to a fair after almost 40 years, because The last time El Salvador was in a World Cup was in Spain in 1982, led by Jorge Alberto ‘El Mágico’ González, the greatest figure in the history of Cusco football.