Pre-match analysis

Pre-match analysis

Final Group – Round 1

Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Stadium, San José (CRC)

Capacity: 23 100 20ºC degrees

3 Jose FERNANDEZ

4 Junior DIAZ

5 Celso BORGES

7 Alejandro ALPIZAR

8 Jose Luis LOPEZ

9 Froylan LEDEZMA

10 Walter CENTENO

13 Gonzalo SEGARES

14 Armando ALONSO

15 Harold WALLACE



bench

1 Keylor NAVAS

2 Jervis DRUMMOND

6 William SUN SING

11 Brian RUIZ

12 Leonardo GONZALEZ

16 Alonso SOLIS

17 Gabriel BADILLA

18 Noel VALLADARES

2 Osman CHAVEZ

4 Hendry THOMAS

5 Victor BERNARDEZ

6 Sergio MENDOZA

7 Amado GUEVARA

8 Wilson PALACIOS

9 David SUAZO

10 Ramon NUNEZ

12 Emilio IZAGUIRRE

13 Carlos COSTLY

1 Victor COELLO

3 Miguel CASTILLO

11 Milton NUNEZ

14 Oscar GARCIA

15 Saul MARTINEZ

16 Edgar ALVAREZ

17 Marvin CHAVEZ

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  In the moment, Costa Rica is the 47th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, right after Iran. The country uses the Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Stadium, located in the city of San Jose.
  

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  The football national team of Costa Rica won two times the CONCACAF Championship (1963, 1969). Other great result that the country got was been Runners-Up of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2002.
  

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  Costa Rica played three times the FIFA World Cup, in 1990, that occurred in Italy, 2002, that occurred in Korea and Japan, in 2006, that occurred in Germany. The best campaing was in 1990, when the team was eliminated in the Round of 16, against Czechoslovakia (1-4).
  

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  The Final Group Stage hasn’t started yet. This is the very first round of the stage that will decide which teams will go the South Africa FIFA World Cup.
  

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  In the last match for the FIFA World CONCACAF Qualifier, Costa Rica played away against El Salvador and won by 3-1.
  

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  Costa Rica played only the second stage of the CONCACAF Qualifier because the country doesn’t has to participate of the preliminary round. Costa Rica tied with Granada by 2-2 playing away and won the second, at home, by 3-0.
  

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  In the group stage (C) of the FIFA World CONCACAF Qualifier, Costa Rica classified as 1^st, with 100%: 6 wins in 6 matches, 18 points.
  

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  Costa Rica played 43 times against Honduras in the history. Head-to-head, Costa Rica won 16 matches, draw 13 and lost 14; Costa Rica scored 80 goals and allowed 57.
  

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  In the moment, Honduras is the 40th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, right after Ecuador. The country uses the Olympic Metropolitan Stadium, located in the city of San Pedro Sula.
  

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  The football national team of Honduras never won a competition. The best result that the country got was been Runners-Up of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991, that USA won.
  

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  Honduras only played one FIFA World Cup, in 1982, that occurred in Spain. The team was eliminated in the group stage with the campaign: 1-1 against Spain; 1-1 against Northern Ireland; 0-1 against Yugoslavia.
  

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  The Final Group Stage hasn’t started yet. This is the very first round of the stage that will decide which teams will go the South Africa FIFA World Cup.
  

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  In the last match for the FIFA World CONCACAF Qualifier, Honduras played at home against Mexico and won by 1-0.
  

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  Honduras played only the second stage of the CONCACAF Qualifier because the country doesn’t has to participate of the preliminary round. Honduras won Porto Rico by 4-0 playing at home and tied the second, away, by 2-2.
  

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  In the group stage (B) of the FIFA World CONCACAF Qualifier, Honduras classified as 1^st, with 4 wins and 2 losses in 6 matches, 12 points.
  

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  For the CONCACAF Qualifier, Honduras played 17 times against Costa Rica. Head-to-head, Honduras won 3 matches, draw 6 and lost 8; Honduras scored 32 goals and allowed 28.
  

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  In the last match between these two teams was a friendly match and ended 0-0, and in the penalty shoot-out, Costa Rica won by 3-2.
  

The 23-year-old midfield Ramón Núñez was signed on loan for six months by Puebla of the Mexican First Division where he wears the number 10 jersey.