Our prediction for this Gold Cup match:
Curacao
Match Time & Date:
18/06/2025
01:15
Prediction: 1-0
El Salvador
Curacao will look to kickstart their 2025 Gold Cup campaign in fashion when they take on El Salvador at PayPal Park on Wednesday morning. La Pantera Negra are brimming with confidence following back-to-back wins over Saint Lucia (4-0) and Haiti (5-1) in the World Cup qualifiers and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Persib Bandung attacker Gervane Kastaneer, who has been scoring goals for fun of late.
La Selecta, on the other hand, played out a 1-1 draw with Suriname in their last World Cup qualifying game. With Curacao being in a much better form than El Salvador ahead of their Gold Cup opener, we are tempted to bet on Dick Advocaat’s troops. The likes of Alexander Larin, Bryan Tamacas, Harold Osorio, and Jairo Henriquez are the most notable players in the away team.
Highlighted Team (El Salvador):
El Salvador are a national football team that play their home games at Estadio Cuscatlan. La Azul y Blanco turned down an invitation from Brazil to take part in the 1950 World Cup finals, but in 1970 they made it to the finals of the showpiece tournament in Mexico 20 years later.
They participated at the 1982 World Cup finals as well, but they have yet to advance the first round of the finals competition. El Salvador hosted the first CONCACAF Championship, but they failed to win the trophy, with the team suffering a loss to Costa Rica in the title game. Speaking of the Central American and Carribean Games, la Selecta won the trophy on two occasions (1954, 2002) and in 1968 they booked their place at the Olympic Games in Mexico.
The likes of Magico Gonzales, Rodolfo Zelaya, Arturo Alvarez, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Ronald Cerritos, Raul Diaz Arce, Alexander Larin, Eliseo Quintanilla, Jaime Alas and Alfredo Pacheco are some of the notable footballers who played for El Salvador.
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