The Costa Rican national team is already in the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The ‘Ticos’ prevailed by the minimum (1-0) to New Zealand thanks to a goal by Joel Campbell in the first part in the playoff match played at the Al Rayyan stadium in Doha.
The team led by Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez will be Spain’s first rival in the World Cupin a match that will be played on Wednesday, November 23 (5:00 p.m.) at the Al Thumama stadium.
Notice to boaters. Costa Rica, which will play its sixth World Cup final phase, the third in a row, won three of the first games it played: against Scotland (1-0 in 1990), against China (2-0 in 2022) and against Uruguay (3 -1 in 2014).
The Costa Ricans, who had to play this playoff after finishing in fourth position in the final octagonal Concacaf, after Canada, Mexico and the United States, and who began with four games without winning to win a place by winning the last three, today the scoreboard was advanced in minute 3, in an action that was born in a throw-in and that, after an assist from Bennette, allowed Joel Campbell to make it 1-0.
Before the break New Zealand was able to draw. In fact he did, but the VAR annulled the goal. He scored through Wood, but the referee, after consulting with the VAR, called a previous foul on the New Zealand player and invalidated the goal.
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New Zealand reacted well and put the ‘ticos’ in their area thanks to Cacace’s arrivals down the left wing and Wood’s centimeters, who became a real nightmare for the rival defense.
Costa Rica speculated excessively with the result but put up with it and breathed easy with the absurd expulsion of Barbarouses, who a few minutes after entering the field left the game with an ugly and unnecessary entrance. But not even with ten did New Zealand stop dominating and generating uncertainty.
Costa Rica ended up stuck in their area bailing balls and asking for the time, but Keylor Navas imposed his law and, in the end, the ‘Ticos’ took out their ticket for the World Cup.
Costa Rica
10
new Zealand
Costa Rica: Keylor Navas; Keysher Fuller (Carlos Martínez, m.46), Oscar Duarte, Francisco Calvo, Bryan Oviedo; Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges (Daniel Chacón, m.79), Gerson Torres (Bryan Ruiz, m.46); Joel Campbell (Johan Venegas, m.90), Jewison Bennette (Kendall Waston, m.46) and Anthony Contreras.
New Zealand: Oliver Sail; Winston Reid (Elijah Just, m.72), Nando Pijnaker, Bill Tuilima, Liberato Cacase; Joe Bell, Clayton Lewis (Tim Payne, m.90), Matthew Garbett (Ben Waine, m.60); Niko Kirwan, Alex Greive (Kosta Barbarouses, m.60) and Chris Wood.
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla (Arab Emirates). He sent off the New Zealander Barbarouses (68′) and booked Reid, Ruiz and Contreras.
Goal: 1-0, m.3: Joel Campbell.
Incidents: Playoff match for the last place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, played at the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium (Doha).
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Jose Luis Lopez
