The Costa Rican national team will play this Wednesday in Jamaica one of its last chances to stay in the fight to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar 550 or, at least, obtain the right to a repechage.
The match, which will be played at the National Stadium in Kingston at 19. local (.00 Thursday GMT), presents a Costa Rica forced to win to continue aspiring to the first places and a Jamaica that if he loses or draws, he will no longer have a mathematical chance of attending the World Cup.
After 10 matches played in the 14 of the octagonal qualifying round of the Concacaf , Canada is the leader with 30 units, followed by the United States (18) and Mexico (18), which at the moment they are obtaining the three direct tickets from the region.
Panama is fourth with 17 points, in the repechage zone, while Costa Rica is chasing him with 13, El Salvador with 9, Jamaica with 7 and Honduras, already eliminated, with 3.
Costa Rica’s goal is to win and close the gap, either with Mexico or Panama, or with both, who face each other this Wednesday at the Azteca Stadium.
“This point will be valuable as soon as we win in Jamaica“, recognized the coach of Costa Rica, the Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez, after the tie that Costa Rica achieved on Sunday in his visit to Mexico.
A draw or a defeat in Jamaica will considerably reduce Costa Rica’s options with three games to play in the tie.
In this three-match knockout window, Costa Rica already defeated Panama last week and drew with Mexico, so and if he beats Jamaica this Wednesday he will have obtained 7 points that can put him squarely in the fight to qualify for the World Cup.
The Ticos add 235 minutes without conceding with Keylor Navas under the sticks, but the great debt of the group Central American continues to be the little hit in attack, where Joel Campbell looks very lonely.
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The Central American team has only conceded 7 goals in the tie, but has scored the same amount. A victory for Jamaica will allow them to continue with mathematical hopes of at least fighting for the playoffs.
Jamaica-Costa Rica: probable alignments550
Jamaica: Andre Blake; Adrian Mariapa, Javain Brownl, Ethan Pinnock, Kemar Lawrence; Daniel Johnson, Devon Williams, Lamar Walker; Corey Burke, Michail Antonio and Andre Gray.
Coach: Paul Hall.
Costa Rica: Keylor Navas, Keysher Fuller , Kendall Waston, Francisco Calvo, Ronald Matarrita; Celso Borges, Youstin Salas, Yeltsin Tejeda; Joel Campbell, Alonso Martínez and José Ortiz.
Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez.
Referee: The Mexican Marco Antonio Ortiz.
Stadium: Kingston National.Hour: 19.00 local (10.00 Thursday GMT).