The Guatemalan National Team suffered a new blow against Guadalupe, because last Tuesday, July 6, the Central American team missed the opportunity to participate in the 2021 edition of the Gold Cup after falling in round of penalties. This failure has brought with it the dismissal of coach Amarini Villatoro, in addition to harsh criticism of the left interior Marvin Ceballos.
And, the Guastatoya player not only missed a penalty in the decisive match, but also his two failures were determining factors for his selection to be left without participation in the most important tournament of the Concacaf.
Now, two days after what happened, Ceballos decided to face what happened before the microphones of Más Fútbol Guatemala, where he took responsibility for having missed his shotsHowever, he pointed out that this is the sport and expressed that it was time to move on.
“As I always have, I stand up, I have to face this and the only way they taught me was by working personally and obviously collectively because we all come with a bitter taste. We were playing a great game and then we know about penalties. I assume the responsibility of having missed penalties, something that nobody ever wants to do, it was my turn and this is the career that we choose, we have to face it, “he said.
Removal of Villatoro
Through an official statement, the National Football Federation of Guatemala announced the dismissal of the 36-year-old coach, who made the national team in 2019.
“That the Executive Committee of the National Football Federation of Guatemala has made the decision to terminate the contract of Professor Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León, as Technician of the National Selection of our country and members of its Technical Corps, in accordance with the contractual clauses “, it reads.