Costa Rica won a decisive soccer match against Canada

In a stadium full to bursting and with a crowd that never stopped supporting their players last night, the Ticos took away the undefeated Canadians and incidentally managed to move to fourth place in this phase of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football (Concacaf), qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The Octagonal final of the Concacaf grants three direct passports to the World Cup and the possibility of the playoff to fourth place.

Despite the defeat, which sold well, Canada maintains the first place in the table, with 25 points, while the United States and Mexico have 22 units each, but the former are second by goal difference.

Behind is now Costa Rica (19), only three lines behind those teams, with the possibility of reaching third position and therefore a direct passport to the first World Cup in an Arab nation.

But let’s return to the match, because the tension was present in the 90 minutes, since although the Ticos played their best challenge in the Octagonal, the Canadians did not give up their efforts to tie, something that was denied by the star goalkeeper Keylor Navas or the goal, first on the top crossbar and then on the left, drowning out the visitors’ cry of goal.

The locals were no less in attack and several times were about to open the scoring, but Francisco Calvo and Celso Borges’ headers went over the rival goal.

At 45+1, Gerson Torres passed the ball to Joe Campbell and he returns it to him inside the area and Torres crosses directly to the head of Borges, who hits it towards the rival net for the only score of the match.

Now, Costa Rica will face El Salvador next Sunday and the United States on Wednesday of next week. If they get the six points, the Ticos could finish in the top three and with the ticket to Qatar 2022 in their pocket.

Concacaf 2022 Octagonal Final Position Table

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