Costa Rican book location in the World Cup final after a playoff victory

Doha -Joel Campbell’s early goal was to defeat 10 New Zealand 1-0 in the intercontinental playoffs on Tuesday to secure the final spot in the final in Qatar, making Costa Rica the World Cup in three consecutive tournaments. Sent.

Former Arsenal striker scored when Costa Rica caught between two defenders three minutes later and touched a square pass from Jewison Bennette, a slow-moving New Zealand defender.

However, New Zealand will struggle after VAR chokes the equalizer as Chris Wood puts the ball behind the net and commits a foul in the 39th minute.

The check revealed that Matthew Garbett fouled Oscar Duarte with a tough decision.

The VAR check also led to Kosta Barbarouses’ 69-minute red card, bringing Kiwi to 10 people.

The playoffs between the 4th place team in the CONCACAF region and the winner of the Oceania Confederation at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium have ended the 2022 final qualifying campaign in Qatar from November 21st to December. .. 18.18.

Costa Rica will qualify for the sixth World Cup in total and will be in Group E in the finals against Germany, Japan and Spain.

Campbell’s goal was to have about 6,000 travel supporters at his feet from a crowd of 10,803, but did not promote the dominant performance expected of the Central American team.

Instead, the team’s more enterprising view was New Zealand, and it was Center Forward Wood, who was constantly monitored by the cautious Costa Rican defense that was the target of the attack.

Alex Grave and Garbet also had a chance in the first half, but their shot was off target.

With three half-time changes by Costa Rica, they got out of sleep, but it was New Zealand that increased the number of aggressive companies in the second half, but there was no return.

Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas made a good stop 76 minutes from Clayton Lewis. New Zealand struggled to find an equalizer, absorbing pressure until Costa Rica sat down and the last whistle began a fun celebration.