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The Mexican technical director renewed his link with the Chapina team and will seek qualification for the 2030 World Cup
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GUATEMALA CITY.- Luis Fernando Tena He has a project in selection for a while. The Mexican director was renewed by the Guatemalan team for the next World Cup cycle after falling short of qualifying for the 2026 international tournament.
The good results of the winner of the Olympic gold medal in London 2012 in the Central American team were enough for the Chapinian directors to once again give confidence to Really.
Through a statement it was announced that the Mexican strategist will be in charge of the selection for the process from 2026 to 2030.
“The Guatemala Soccer Federation confirms the continuity of the technical director Luis Fernando Tena in command of the Guatemalan National Team for the 2026-2030 process,” says the statement published on social networks.
“Professor Tena will continue directly with the leadership, management and preparation of the Guatemalan National Team,” details the statement from the Guatemalan Federation.
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— FFG🇬🇹 (@fedefut_oficial) December 8, 2025
He World Cup 2030will also have 48 national teams qualified and it could be said that Guatemala You have a chance to get a ticket to the national team tournament, but there is a problem. Canada, the United States and Mexico will be in the playoffs and that considerably reduces the opportunities for the other Concacaf countries.
Flaco Tena will have Concacaf qualifiers, Gold Cup, Concacaf Nations League and possibly Copa América to establish its national project.
The Mexican coach took charge of Guatemala in 2021, to try to take the Chapines to the 2026 World Cup, however, he could not take the team to its first World Cup and despite this the Mexican expressed his desire to remain as the national coach.
With the selection of Guatemala, Luis Fernando Tena He has 23 wins, 15 draws and 21 losses and led the Chapines to the semifinals of the 2025 Gold Cup.
The reactions after the Mexican strategist’s contract renewal have flooded social networks like ‘X’, the most common medium for journalists and former football figures to share their opinions with the world. Immediately, Diario Diez addressed the news as a correct decision by FedeFut for the simple fact of the work that Tena has carried out since the start of its management in 2021.
Not for nothing when Guatemala met the United States in the Gold Cup semifinals, Carlos Pescadito Ruíz wrote an ode to Luis Fernando Tena.
“They meet a coach like the Tena scrolls and they have to perform at an optimal level. For me it was going down a category and, also respecting what football and the Guatemalan national team are, reaching his command is not the same as directing a team with history. That’s why I thank him,” confessed the most legendary element of the catracha, as if he were advancing the key argument why Guatemala should renew its coach’s contract.
His quality is such that, after the dismissal of Miguel Herrera in Costa Rica, the Costa Rican fans jumped on the train of requests to steal Flaco for their national team, however, he himself Gatemaid They did not agree with the transfer.
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The continuity of Luis F. Tena, It occurs in a context of frustration for not achieving a ticket to the World Cup, after Guatemala was left out in J5 of Group A of the Concacaf qualifiers
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“The Guatemalan Football Federation confirms the continuity of technical director Luis Fernando Tena at the helm of the Guatemalan National Team for the 2026-2030 process”
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Tena has 23 wins, 15 draws and 21 losses with the Chapines, whom he led to the semifinals of the 2025 Gold Cup
