2022-06-12
Costa Rica The last ticket to the World Cup in Qatar is played on Tuesday. The squad that leads Luis Fernando Suarez will be measured in Doha against New Zealand for the playoffs, hoping to win and advance to their sixth World Cup.
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Prior to the expected meeting, the portal Central American Football contacted Clay Wilsona New Zealand journalist who contributes to RNZ and spoke about the crossing, the growth of our area and the most dangerous players that the ocean team has.
”It will be a very difficult challenge. Any team that finishes fourth in a strong confederation like Concacaf, even if they don’t qualify directly, means that they are a very good team”, he started saying Wilson.
He then gave his opinion on how they see the world in his country and assured that Central American football has grown a lot, so it will not be easy to qualify Qatar.
“The World Cup is something that we value a lot in New Zealand, when it gets closer and we have a chance to qualify it is something very special for the country. The qualification to South Africa 2010 and especially the performance of the team there, was something that generated a lot of attention here and inspired the younger generation to get involved in football”, he assured.
“Any team from that part of the world, from South America, Central America or North America, will be difficult because soccer is more prominent in those countries and the population is larger, so the teams and the players will be stronger,” the journalist valued.
Due to the pandemic, the activity of the ‘kiwis’ has decreased: “The restrictions in New Zealand have been very strong, we are isolated from the rest of the world. The matches were already difficult to organize, due to the fact that many footballers play in Europe, the United States and Australia, but with the pandemic it has been worse, we have not had matches for a couple of years.
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On the other hand, the journalist affirms that New Zealand It is no longer that physical team that we rarely saw: ”In five or ten years there has been a transition to a more creative style of football. This is partly thanks to the youngsters, who have more of the ball, who pass it to their teammates and use skill”.
Clay Wilson He pointed out the most dangerous players his team has: ”Chris Wood, Winston Reid and Tommy Smith. Those three players were young when New Zealand went to the 2010 World Cup. It’s a younger squad now and a lot of them have a lot of potential.”
He also mentioned “defensive midfielder Joe Bell, he’s playing in Europe (Denmark’s Brondby) and he’s someone who’s probably going to start this game. Coach Danny Hay is very confident in what he can do.”
About Marko Stamenicwho plays in the Koge from Denmark, and Matthew Garbettwhich belongs to Torino, Wilson He said that ”these are soccer players who are playing in Europe. Maybe not in the top leagues or top division, but they are growing and they are still young, they definitely have potential.”