The heat of the World Cup is beginning to be felt although there are still more than seven months to go before kick-off in Qatar. Key hours are lived with the classification of various teams to the World Cup and also with the draw that will take place next Friday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m. (Argentina time). But there was still a previous chapter missing: the definition of the last three available tickets.
Concacaf, which delivered three direct passes and a place in the playoffhad two tickets pending and the playoff after the historical canada classification. This Wednesday they got on the plane to Qatar Mexico and the United States, while Costa Rica will play the playoff.
The Mexicans of Tata Martino triumphed at home 2-0 against an eliminated El Salvador and climbed to second place with 28 points (+9 as goal difference). At the same time, North Americans (25 points and +11) lost 2-0 in view of Costa Rica (25 points and +5), which just wasn’t enough to overcome it. Canada, leader and already qualified, lost 1-0 to Panama, also eliminated. In addition, Jamaica beat Honduras 2-1, both without chances.
In this way, the Tricolor will seek its fifth World Cup participation (1990, 2002, 2006 and 2014) in the playoff against Oceania: will face New Zealand who thrashed Solomon Islands 5-0 in the first turn of the day at Grand Hamad Stadium of Qatar and made the jump to the playoffs.
It should be noted that both the playoffs between Concacaf and Oceania such as Conmebl (Peru) against Asia (United Arab Emirates or Australia) will take place between June 13 and 14 next. The same situation will apply to the pending UEFA key: Gales will dispute the ticket to the World Cup against the winner of Scotland-Ukrainea duel that was suspended due to the war on Ukrainian territory.
The three balls that will represent the playoff will go to Pot 4 in next Friday’s draw regardless of the location of the leading countries in the FIFA ranking. At the same time, The United States and Mexico fell to Pot 2 and Costa Rica, if they win their playoff against Nueva Selenada, will jump to Pot 4.
MATCH SCHEDULE
Mexico 2-0 The Savior
Costa Rica 2-0 United States
Panama 1-0 Canada
Jamaica 2-1 Honduras
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