We review some data prior to the penultimate day
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The road to the World Cup in Qatar shows an increasingly clear picture; The teams seek to finalize their presence in the World Cup in the Arab country, but for this they must play two more games and complete the octagonal of the region.
Highly demanding matches, such as the case of the United States and Panama, or Canada and Jamaica, will have to redouble their efforts to emerge victorious in their duties.
Jamaica against the cold of Canada
Canada enjoys its position in the knockout table and being the leader of this octagonal, it will have to overcome a Jamaica that in its first game tied at 0 in the territory of Kingston, Jamaica.
The nation of ‘the reds’ will have the difficult task of playing their last games in the octagonal with the loss of their star player, Alphonso Davies, who was absent for several months due to heart problems and returned to training with his club a few days ago , Bayern Munich.
On the other side of the coin, Jamaica’s fashion player, Michail Antonio of West Ham, from the English league, will also be out due to physical discomfort. However, Leon Bailey, from Bayer Leverkusen, is on the squad list.
In the last 16 matches against each other, there have been six wins for each team and they have drawn four times.
Costa Rica, in search of salvation against El Salvador
The Tico country visits the surprise selection of these qualifiers, El Salvador. The last time that ‘the select’ was at the gates of a World Cup was in the qualifying hexagonal for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, finishing in fifth place.
Costa Rica has attended the last two World Cups, however, it has had a difficult path to settle in a more comfortable position heading to Qatar.
The first game of these teams in the qualifying rounds ended 2-1 in favor of the Ticos, with goals from Bryan Ruiz and Celso Borges. At that time, Costa Rica achieved its first victory in the octagonal after having lost one game and drawn three.
On the other hand, El Salvador puts all its hope in the young 21-year-old player Enrico Dueñas, currently in the ranks of Vitesse in the Dutch league, to leave the Central American nation at the top.
A direct duel in Orlando
The United States and Panama meet again in a frenetic, high-intensity match. This time at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, United States; Panama will seek the pass to its second major and consecutive World Cup.
After the historic victory of ‘la sele’ against the ‘stars and stripes’ team in the colossus of Juan Díaz by a score of 1-0 with a goal by Aníbal Godoy, our team will try another surprising victory, this time in visitor status.
Stars like Christian Pulisic, Giovanni Reyna and Yunus Musah will seek the ticket to their first World Cup, after the catastrophic elimination in the final hexagonal en route to Russia 2018. However, at the last minute due to different injuries, the players Sergiño Dest and Brendan Aaronson did not will be available for the meeting.
In the historical balance on the way to a World Cup, since 2005 they have met nine times; six wins for the United States, one win for Panama and two draws.
Mexico will seek its victory against an already eliminated Honduras
The World Cup process in Honduras will be forgotten. The recently arrived Colombian technical director Hernán ‘Bolillo’ Gómez, tried to revive ‘the H’, but things did not work out.
Now against Mexico they will work to leave the name of Honduras as high as possible.
On the other hand, Mexico faces the pressure to add and certify its presence in the World Cup.
The last time they met, the victory was for the Mexican team by a score of 3-0 with goals from Francisco Córdova, Rogelio Funes Mori and Hirving Lozano.
The end is near, only three teams will have a direct quota for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, while the fourth place will play a playoff match in June in Doha, Qatar, against the champion of the Oceania qualifiers.
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