Costa Rica vs New Zealand live: Repechage to the Qatar 2022 World Cup, live

PLAYBACK QATAR 2022

5 reasons why Keylor Navas and Costa Rica can beat New Zealand

1. The greatest competitive argument of the Ticos, Keylor Navas, historical goalkeeper in European football with Real Madrid, multi-champion in the Old Continent.

2. The experienced backbone of those led by Luis Fernando Suárez. Men like Óscar Duarte, Celso Borges, Bryan Ruíz or Joel Campbell.

3. The New Zealand side had a couple of warm-up matches in which they failed to win, losing 1-0 to Peru and drawing 0-0 against fellow Oman.

4. The New Zealanders’ last two attempts in their quest to return to a World Cup after South Africa 2010 have resulted in defeats for the ‘All Whites’.

5. The level of competition in Concacaf is higher than that of the Oceania Football Confederation and this is reflected in the places given to each football zone to be in a World Cup.