The representative “Tico” will go to his third consecutive World Cup, in which will join Group E along with Spain, Germany and Japan.
The team led by Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez scored the winning goal after three minutes through Campbell, who finished in the area a center sent by Jewison Bennett from the left wing after a throw-in, causing the uproar of the “Ticos” fans who gathered at the Ahmad bin Ali stadium of Al Rayyan in Qatar.
New Zealand He responded in the 11th minute when Alex Greive was left unmarked inside the area, but his shot went wide of the right post of the goal defended by Keylor Navas.
The representative team of Oceania continued to press with crosses from both sides to take advantage of the aerial game that put the defensive zone of Costa Rica.
New Zealand tied in the 39th minute when Chris Wood took advantage of a defensive error to finish off a cross sent by Matthew Garbett in the small area, but the referee invalidated the goal after reviewing the play in the VAR and certifying that Garbett had fouled Óscar Duarte to take away the ball and send the center.
Little by little, the Concacaf representative regained control of the match, and the situation for New Zealand was complicated in the 69th minute when the referee sent off Kosta Barbarouses for committing a serious foul on Francisco Calvo.
Despite the man less, the New Zealand team was more dangerous and reached the goal of Navas, who stopped the few arrivals of the rival team.
Costa Rica agreed to the playoffs after finishing fourth in the Concacaf qualifiers, where Canada, Mexico and the United States qualified directly. Meanwhile, New Zealand reached the playoffs by winning the Oceania tie.
Formations
Costa Rica: Keylor Navas; Keysher Fuller, Óscar Duarte, Kendall Waston, Francisco Calvo and Bryan Oviedo; Yeltsin Tejada, Celso Borges, Johan Venegas and Anthony Contreras; Joel Campbell. DT: Luis Fernando Suarez.
New Zealand: Sail Oliver; Bill Tuiloma, Winston Reid and Michael Boxal; Niko Kirwan, Joe Bell, Liberato Cacace, Marko Stamenic and Matt Garbett; Ben Waine and Chris Wood. DT: Danny Hay.
Referee: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (United Arab Emirates).
Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali (Rayan).
Source: Ambito
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