At 10:05 a.m. Beijing time on March 25, the World Cup qualifiers will usher in a key competition, Canada will challenge Costa Rica away, Canada has only qualified for the World Cup once in history in 1986, when they were the same as the national football team, a game did not win, a goal did not score, the bottom of the group out, after 36 years, Canada finally ushered in the hope of entering the World Cup again.
In this year's World Preliminary Tournament, Canada's performance is very good, in 11 matches, 7 of them have been won, and 4 are draws, so far they have not lost. They scored 25 points, topping first in the group and up to eight points ahead of fourth-place Panama. Considering that the rule of this World Preliminary Tournament is that the top three will advance directly, then with the remaining three rounds of competition, Canada only needs to beat Costa Rica in this round to at least maintain the lead for the fourth place points, that is, it will lock in the top three in advance and get the World Cup ticket.
This is a huge temptation for Canadian players, who have not made it to the World Cup for 36 years, longer than the national football team has not participated in 20 years. Over the years, Canadian football is also like Chinese football, experiencing continuous exploration, they try to change their style, try to change their thinking, all in order to qualify for the World Cup and serve, so tirelessly reformed for 36 years, and now finally the dream will come true, I have to say that Canada is a luckier team than the national football team.
At present, Canada has won a wave of six consecutive wins in the World Preliminary Round, killing 6 teams in the World Preliminary Round group, and now only Jamaica has not won. In their last two encounters with Costa Rica, Canada also achieved a record of total victory, winning 2-0 in the 2021 US Gold Cup and winning 1-0 in the first leg of the World Preliminaries. Under the continuous efforts, the Canadian team saw the hope of impacting the World Cup, and now their world ranking has reached 33rd, far from the pace of the national football team, leading the Chinese team by 42.
From all kinds of analysis, it can be seen that Canada's defeat of Costa Rica this time and the right to participate in the World Cup are nailed down. In this way, the Canadian team will qualify for the World Cup for the second time, while the national football team still has only 1 time, so Canada will surpass the national football team in the number of World Cup participations.
This is a long-lost victory for Canadian football, for the national football team is certainly a great stimulus, to know that in the early 21st century, but Canada's world ranking is not as high as the national football team, but now the national football team has long been unable to catch up with the pace of Canada's development, which is lamentable.