Costa Rica will travel to New Zealand to play their fifth World Cup

Clever to protect early leadWhat is the capacity to expand it, Costa Rica ft New Zealand 1 to 0 and ranked last out of 32 Qatar World Cup 2022. A playoff between the best teams in Oceania – there is no direct qualification, but rather its teams play for the event – and the fourth CONCACAF, It was for the Central American team.

This will be Costa Rica’s third World Cup appearance since 1990. With Qatar, Ticos will play. His fifth World Cup.

Costa Rica’s first experience was in Italy 90: where it was eliminated in the round of 16. Czechoslovakia. The next occasion was in 2002 in a tournament between Korea and Japan. At that time, he did not get out of his group until the next group in Germany 2006.

Not in South Africa 2010Costa Rica is back in the present Brazil 2014 and reached a surprise quarter-final where they were eliminated on penalties by the Netherlands. In Russia 2018Performance is different: it doesn’t cross groups.

Qatar 2022 will have him in Group B alongside Spain, Germany and Japan and will make his debut against La Roja on November 23.

How did you get to the World Cup?

Costa Rica sealed their ticket with a goal Joel Campbell Two minutes into the game. The goal of securing a small advantage and his intelligence explains the last step of his journey to Qatar, which began earlier.

Costa Rica agreed to the defining tournament after finishing fourth in the Concacaf qualifiers, having already qualified for the top spot behind Canada, Mexico and the United States.

In parallel, Los Ticos come from the CONCACAF Nations League, where they faced Panama and Martinique in their Group B matches. It lost 2-0 against the Panamanians and won against the Lesser Antilles island in the same result. .

The game against New Zealand was different. After hitting practically the same time as the opening whistle, he focused on observing what he had accomplished.

The goal came from the side, with a throw-in from the left to Bennett, who went deep on his side and picked up Campbell’s centre, who, despite his brand, was able to tap it, gently, next to the right-hand post.

New Zealand celebrated their goal in the 39th minute, a good save by Wood, but the referee, after reviewing the VAR, A previous foul by the same footballer was whistled and not checked.

In the second half, it was all uphill for New Zealand who finished with 10 after Costa Barbaros was kicked in the ankle by the opposition. Here too VAR is fundamental because the referee warned.

Costa Rica entered the next World Cup with little, or everything, that represented a good defense of what had been achieved.