Due to lighting issues, it will be moved to 2:00 p.m. on Monday at the Antonio Maceo stadium in Santiago de Cuba.

CONCACAF has made official the schedule change for the 2025 Gold Cup preliminary play-in match between Cuba and St. Kitts and Nevis.

At the technical meeting of the event, it was announced that the kick-off time will be moved from 3:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday 18.

This is due to the possibility of it going to extra time and penalties in the event of a 2-1 result in favour of the home side, which would tie the match.

«The measure responds to the fact of ensuring that the entire match, including the hypothetical extra time, has the lighting required for the normal development of the match and for the television broadcast,» Mendelson Nicoya, the coordinator appointed by CONCACAF, explained to JIT.

As a result, the Cuban national team brought forward its training session to coincide with the weather conditions for the vital match.

Given that the Leones del Caribe lost 1-2 to the Suggar Boyz in the first leg, they must win the second leg to advance to the next round.

The 1-0 scoreline at home gives them qualification on away goals, but for the same reason, any scenario in which their opponents score more than one goal obliges Yunielys Castillo’s side to win by at least two goals.