Costa Rican start badly pre-Olympic in Mexico; a good level of play was not reflected in the result and leaves everything to be resolved against the hosts.
With just starting the men’s soccer pre-Olympic tournament, the Costa Rican team mortgages much of their dreams of returning to the Olympic Games after 2004, after losing 1-0 to the United States.
The national team was nervous and timid at times, especially when it came to going to the front, although defensively they applied most of the time. Proof of this, the warning in the first two minutes of the player Jesús Ferreira, who crashed his shot on the post after taking advantage of a defensive horror from Fernán Faerron.
As time passed, the homeland squad cheered up and on four occasions approached the US frame, especially with Alonso Martínez, Yurguin Román and Bernal Alfaro, however goalkeeper David Ochoa was always there to deny them the goal again and again, even to prevent them from finishing with force.
However, a counterattack product of a corner kick not taken advantage of by the national cast allowed Ferreira achieved the only goal of the commitment in the 34th minute.
Although after the second half the national squad increased the intensity of the attacks and cornered the North American squad, finally it was able to resist thanks to Ochoa and his defensive line, which was quite attentive throughout the game to prevent all national attempts to tie. the game.
In this way, even if suffering, Jason Kreis’s men did their job and are heading to the semifinals, which they could seal from the same Sunday if they win over the Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, the Costa Rican team arrives at that day in check and forced to challenge all the adverse pools against the host squad, Mexico, on pain of being eliminated in advance.
Player Randall Leal preferred to focus on the good that was done today. “We did not like the result, but as a group we are satisfied with what we did today, I do not look at it individually but in the group union, we now have to lock ourselves up as a group and focus on reversing this against Mexico.”
While the national coach Douglas Sequeira expressed that now the goal was to lift his players who were upset by the loss despite being aware of having played well.
USA: David Ochoa, Justen Glad, Mauricio Pineda, Jackson Yueill, Aaron Herrera, Samuel Vines, Djordje Mihailovic (Andrés Perea, 58), Hassani Dotson (Johnny Cardoso, 82 ′), Benjamin Michel (Sebastián Saucedo, 58 ′), Jonathan Lewis (Julián Araujo, 82 ′) and Jesús Ferreira (Sebastián Soto, 67 ′). DT: Jason Kreis
CRC: Kevin Chamorro, Ian Smith, Aaron Salazar, Fernán Faerron, Yurguin Román, Luis Díaz, Jefferson Brenes (Gerson Torres, 59 ′), Bernal Alfaro, Randall Leal (Marvin Loría, 70 ′), Alonso Martínez (Jimmy Marín, 70 ′) And Manfred Ugalde (Jurguens Montenegro, 59 ′). DT: Douglas Sequeira.
Goals: 1-0 (34) ‘Ferreira, after a pass from Vines. Referees: Said Martínez (HON), Walter López (HON), Henry Pupiro (NCA), Mario Escobar (GUA). Admonished: Glad (USA) Alfaro, Díaz, Faerron (CRC). Jalisco Stadium, Guadalajara. 3:30 pm.
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