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CARLOS HORTA MARTÍNEZ
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SAN JOSÉ.- A true nightmare is what the Mexican technical director has suffered, Miguel Piojo Herreraleading the Costa Rica National Team after not qualifying for the World Cup 2026.
Although they had home advantage in the last game of the Final Round of the Concacaf Qualifiers, Costa Rica They could not prevail against Honduras and came out with a 0-0 draw, only to sign a resounding failure by being eliminated on the way to the 2026 World Cup.
El Piojo was unable to impose its style on the Costa Rican team, as it was only able to win one of the six matches it faced in the third round, while it tied 4 and lost one.
The Selection of Costa Rica He had attended the last three World Cups, in Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022.
CURACAO, PANAMA AND HAITI GO TO THE WORLD CUP
Curacao, an island with less than 200 thousand inhabitants, will make its debut in a World Cup after qualifying directly with a 0-0 draw against Jamaica, a team that will go to the Repechage.
The other two squads that got their ticket to the World Cup They were Panama and Haiti.
The Canaleros defeated El Salvador 3-0 at home and had their second participation in the summer tournament, after Russia 2018.
Haiti sealed its pass, with a 2-0 victory over Nicaragua, which returns, after its only participation, which was in Germany 1974.
Suriname and Jamaica will be the teams that will go to the Repechage in Monterrey and Guadalajara, where six teams will fight for two more tickets to the World Cup.
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Classified are in Concacaf: 3 hosts, Mexico, USA and Canada and 3 for the first round: Curacao, Panama and Haiti