The Executive Committee of the National Football Federation of Guatemala chose three of the five candidates to lead the national team of Chapinas, among them the Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto who in the last qualifying round heading to Russia 2018 led the National Team of Honduras but not He advanced to the World Cup because he lost his place in the playoffs against Australia.
In addition to the Colombian Pinto and the Mexican Luis Fernando Tena, who have led the favoritism of the leaders from the beginning and continue in the contest, but with the great surprise, the Argentine Pablo Garabello, technical assistant of José Néstor Pekermán in the Colombian National Team, in the World Cups in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018.
The candidates who did not pass the filter are the Costa Rican Rodrigo Kenton and the Mexican Eugenio Villazón.
The coach would be announced in December and would start working with the Chapina Bicolor in January 2022 for the Concacaf Nations League and with his sights set on the World Cup qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Pinto recently turned down an offer to re-lead the Honduras national team.