In a packed stadium and with a crowd that did not stop supporting its players last night, the Ticos won the undefeated Canadians and incidentally managed to climb to fourth place in this phase of the Confederation of North America. North, Central and Caribbean Football (Concacaf), qualifier for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The octagonal Concacaf final awards three direct passports to the World Cup and the possibility of fourth-place playoffs.

Despite the loss, which sold well, Canada retains first place in the table, with 25 points, while the United States and Mexico have 22 points each, but the former are second by goal difference.

Behind them are now Costa Rica (19), just three lines behind these teams, with the possibility of reaching the third position and therefore a direct passport to the first World Cup in an Arab nation.

But back to the game, because the tension was there in the 90 minutes, since although the Ticos played their best challenge in the Octagon, the Canadians did not give up their efforts to equalize, which was denied by the star goalkeeper Keylor Navas. or the goal, first on the upper crossbar and then on the left, drowning out the goal cry from the visitors.

The locals were no less in attack and prepared to open the scoring several times, but headers from Francisco Calvo and Celso Borges overshot the opposing goal.

At 45+1, Gerson Torres passes the ball to Joe Campbell and he returns it to him inside the area and Torres crosses directly to the head of Borges, who hits it towards the opposing net for the only score of the match.

Now, Costa Rica will face El Salvador next Sunday and the United States on Wednesday next week. If they get all six points, the Ticos could finish in the top three and with the ticket to Qatar 2022 in their pocket.

Octagonal Table of Concacaf 2022 Final Positions

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