Costa Rica faces New Zealand for him playoff to the World Cup Qatar 2022, which would be his sixth participation in a World Cup competition, with a generation of legendary soccer players who, enthroned by their historic role in Brazil-2014, stand the test of time. On the 14th, in Doha, Qatar, the Ticos will seek their third consecutive participation in a World Cup with several of the architects, almost eight years ago, of their best classification in a World Cup.
It was in Brazil-2014 when Keylor Navas (35 years old), Óscar Duarte (33), Celso Borges (34) and Bryan Ruiz (36), in addition to Yeltsin Tejada (30) and Joel Campbell (29), reached the quarterfinals .
Now, they can be the key piece of the team, led by Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez, to obtain a new World Cup ticket. The Tricolor reaches the playoffs after a spectacular comeback in the Concacaf octagonal, where they achieved 16 of a possible 18 points, with decisive goals from Campbell, Borges and Ruiz, and a stellar performance from Navas.
WHERE TO LISTEN TO THE GAME OF COSTA RICA VS. NEW ZEALAND FOR THE PLAYBACK
Check here the list of radio stations where you can listen to the Costa Rica vs. New Zealand for the Qatar 2022 World Cup playoff. Likewise, one of the stations that stands out is Teletica Radio, a brand in charge of broadcasting the duel on television nationwide.
“Because of their experience, they already know how to play certain types of games, how to play a tie and against pressure, they are going to be a fundamental key this Tuesday,” Andrea Zamora, a journalist with the Costa Rican channel TD+, told AFP.
“The generation of Brazil is a generation that is in force, they are and have been important in this tie,” adds Yashin Quesada, journalist and creator of the Yashinquesada.com sports portal, to AFP.
WHAT CHANNELS TRANSMIT COSTA RICA VS. NEW ZEALAND
- If you are in Costa Rica: Teletica and Teletica Radio
- If you are in Peru: Latina Televisión and Movistar Deportes
- If you are in Spain: Teledeporte
- If you are in Chile: TNT Sports and TNT Sports 2
- If you are in Colombia: Win Sports
- If you are in Mexico: ESPN
- If you are in Argentina: TNT Sports
In which APP to see Costa Rica vs. new zealand live
- Movistar TV App
- Estadio TNT Sports
- RTVE Play
- Winsportsonline.com
- Star Plus
- TNT Sports GO
WILL THIS BE THE LAST GAME FOR COSTA RICA’S GOLDEN GENERATION?
Under the direction of Colombian José Luis Pinto, Costa Rica came first, against all odds, in the group of death at the World Cup in Brazil. In the group stage they defeated Italy and Uruguay and tied with England. In the round of 16 they eliminated Greece, with a goal by Ruiz and a stellar performance by Navas.
“We continue to depend on many figures from Brazil-2014 and we should not, eight years later, be turning to them, even though they are indisputable for their leadership and technical quality,” Gabriel Vargas, sports journalist for the FUTV channel, told AFP.
The question that fans are now asking is how far this generation can go and if the appointment before Nueva zealand it will be the last for some of its components if they are eliminated.
“These are different circumstances. Bryan Ruiz has already announced that this is the last round for him, Borges has not made it clear, Campbell is a little younger and Navas is unquestionably fit to compete at the highest level”, affirms Quesada.
“I think that of the generation of 2014, Navas is the one who can give him the rope for the next (World Cup) process,” adds Leandro Cordero, from Radio Columbia.