French PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas tops the list of 26 summoned Costa Rica for him Qatar World Cup 2022which includes 14 players who will play the World Cup for the first time.
The choice of Costa RicaColombian Luis Fernando Suárez, presented this Thursday in a press conference the list of soccer players who will play in the World Cup in Group E with Spain, Germany Y Japanese.
Navas will play the third World Cup of his career, as will defender Oscar Duarte, the midfielders Celso Borges Y Brian Roriz, and striker Joel Campbell, who forms the base of experience alongside others who have been through World Cups such as Kendall Waston, Francisco Calvo and Yeltsin Tejeda.
The group also includes players who will have their first World Cup experience such as Lugo goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira, Colombian Millonarios defender Juan Pablo Vargas, English Sunderland striker, Jewison Bennettthe English Nottingham Forest midfielder, Brandon Aguilera, and local league wingers Álvaro Zamora, Anthony Hernández and Gerson Torres, among others.
“This is a group that focuses on what it wants, with great desire, on continuous improvement. I see this group committed to meeting the demands made, with professionalism, with dedication to the country, which with intelligence and leadership,” he declared. Suarez.
The coach said he was “in love” with the group of players he called up because they had “a lot of character” and said he felt “calm” and had “a good feeling” for the World Cup.
Suárez, with Qatar being his third world As a coach after directing with Ecuador and Honduras, he said he wants to “enjoy this World Cup but always with professionalism”, with the experience he has accumulated in the previous two.
The coach did not specify the players who did not, with the exception of midfielder Orlando Galo, who was temporarily suspended by FIFA while he was on defense, after failing a doping test.
Suárez demanded that Galo return to the field immediately and that he be a stronghold of the national team with a view to the 2026 World Cup.
Regarding the young generation, Suárez confirmed that Costa Rica is in “a necessary renewal process” and expressed confidence in the qualities of the team to face the World Cup.
The choice of Costa Rica will play a friendly against Nigeria on November 9 at the San José National Stadium, which will serve as a farewell to the fans before leaving the next day for Kuwait, where the team will concentrate until the 18th, when it will travel to Qatar.
On November 17, the Costa Rican team will play in a friendly away against Iraq.
Calling from Costa Rica:
Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas (PSG-FRA), Esteban Alvarado (Herediano), Patrick Sequeira (Lugo-ESP).
Defenses: Francisco Calvo (Konyaspor-TUR), Juan Pablo Vargas (Millonarios-COL), Kendall Waston (Saprissa), Óscar Duarte (AL-Wehda-KSA), Daniel Chacón (Colorado Rapids-USA), Keysher Fuller (Herediano), Carlos Martínez (San Carlos), Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake-USA), Ronald Matarrita (Cincinnati FC-USA).
Midfielders: Yeltsin Tejeda (Herediano), Celso Borges (Alajuelense), Bryan Ruiz (Alajuelense), Youstin Salas (Saprissa), Roan Wilson (Greecia), Gerson Torres (Herediano), Douglas López (Herediano), Jewison Bennette (Sunderland-ENG), Álvaro Zamora (Saprissa), Anthony Hernández (Puntarenas), Brandon Aguilera (Nottingham Forest-ENG).
Forward: Joel Campbell (León-MEX), Anthony Contreras (Herediano) and Johan Venegas (Alajuelense).
Source: La Verdad
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