Kick-off on 24.05.23 00:00.

In the second round of the group stage, the hosts of the youth World Cup will play against a modest team from Central America. The sky-blue and white team played three friendlies back in February. They defeated their counterparts from New Zealand, 3-1, Indonesia, 1-0, and Fiji, 3-1. Bantes, a forward from Municipal, a representative of the national championship, scored twice in the friendly matches.

Watch the game between Argentina and Guatemala online. The opponents have not crossed paths in recent history. La Albiceleste are participating in the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the seventeenth time. Among the current participants of the competition, only Brazil have qualified for the youth World Cup more frequently. Argentina missed out on the tournament in Turkey (2013) in the past twelve years.

The sky-blue and white team failed to qualify for the World Cup and secured a spot in the final stage due to their status as tournament hosts. In the South American qualification group, the team finished fourth in Group A with three points and did not advance to the second round. Argentina lost to Paraguay, 1-2, Brazil, 1-3, and Colombia, 0-1, winning only against their counterparts from Peru, 1-0. Watch the match between Argentina and Guatemala online.

Guatemala have participated in the Youth World Championship only once. It was during the Colombian World Cup in 2011. In the summer of 2022, the sky-blue and white team finished second in Group G of the CONCACAF zone with six points. La Azul y Blanco started with a heavy defeat against El Salvador, 1-5, but then defeated Panama, 3-1, and Aruba, 2-1. In the round of 16, the team equalized the score against Canada U-20 in the 120th minute, 1-1, and then won in a penalty shootout, 4-3.

In the quarter-finals, Guatemala held Mexico to a 1-1 draw but failed to convert a penalty kick in the final moments of the second half. In the post-match penalty shootout, Guatemala had luck on their side again, winning 2-1. In the semi-finals, the sky-blue and white team lost to the Dominican Republic in a penalty shootout (2-2, 2-4). Forward Ordoñez from the American Cincinnati scored five goals in the qualification stage. Watch the match between Argentina and Guatemala online.