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Published on Monday, March 28,
2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff and wire services
Costa Rica’s Men’s Soccer National Team stayed scorching hot in the Third Round of Concacaf World Cup Qualifying for Qatar 2022 with a 2-1 victory over the national team of El Salvador on Sunday afternoon at the Estadio Cuscatlan in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Anthony Contreras and Joel Campbell scored in what was the third straight win for the Ticos, who are now unbeaten in their last six qualifiers.
According to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), some nervy moments from the Salvadoran defense allowed Costa Rica to have a few early chances, including one in the 16’ for Contreras, whose shot was swallowed up by El Salvador’s goalkeeper Mario Gonzalez.
Costa Rica continued to push for an opener and it arrived in the 30’ when an attempted clearance from El Salvador enabled Contreras to fire in an overhead kick to make it 1-0.
El Salvador quickly evened the score at 1-1 in the 31’ when Kevin Reyes played a ball into Cristian Gil, who found a way past Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas for the equalizer.
Costa Rica went right back to the task of taking the lead, which they did in overtime. At the 45+1’ when Campbell turned in a cross from Keysher Fuller to make it 2-1 to the Ticos.
That set the stage for a dramatic second half in which Costa Rica’s defense made the crucial three points against the El Salvador attack.
At each time of asking, Navas and the Costa Rican defense answered, keeping the home side at bay until the final whistle to secure the precious three points, Concacaf said in its statement
The Costa Rica team will have to play against the U.S. Team on Wednesday, March 30 at the National Stadium.
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the FIFA World Cup. The international tournament is the quadrennial men's football championship played by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The competition is scheduled to take place in Qatar from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18.
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