The game Costa Rica celebrates its qualification for the World Cup to be held in Qatar

Thousands of Costa Ricans once again filled the La Hispanidot perimeter at the eastern tip of the capital, San Jose, to celebrate what seemed like a miracle in this small football country. While the Costa Rican team celebrated in Doha, 14,000 kilometers away, qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar unleashed the excitement of the fans and brought the dance back to the streets on Tuesday afternoon. Prolonged 1-0 win over New ZealandThis allowed him to win the last of 32 tickets to the World Cup.

The slogan “Oé, oé ticos, ticos” reunited strangers on the sidewalks of neighborhoods and along the main streets of San Jose and other cities. With the aim of Joel Campbell In the first minutes of the match, Costa Rica confirmed their sixth World Cup and third consecutive match, but the fans justified that no qualification cost so much or came at such a critical time. “We are happy, yes, but above all we are relaxed,” said one high school teacher, who did not want to be named because he was sick at school and could not work in the afternoon.

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chavez took an hour off with lunch time and allowed civil servants to watch the game. He said the order should be extended as extra time may be extended or even a fine is possible. Deep down there was disbelief in the quality of the national team’s play, but also confidence in the players ’courage and the teamwork discourse led by Colombian Luis Fernando Suarez.

“It’s a fear, a lot of tension. My hands trembled when the referee blew the final whistle. It was a relief, a victory for the unity of all. It brings us great joy in Costa Rica and of course in Latin American countries.

“Until the last minute” is the motto of the Football Association’s campaign. It was read in the shirts of many fans who came to La Hispanidat or left their homes and waved the tricolor flag. “Anita Mikilona” is another motto that means “together until the end” in a local tribal language and the star repeated it like a mantra. Keeler Nawaz And his comrades.

Thus, together and painfully, when Costa Rica came first in the group consisting of Uruguay, England and Italy and reached the 16th round, Brazil returned to celebrate the sporting success of the 2014 World Cup with joy. A collective madness at the time. “It brings me back World Cup in BrazilHeDaniel Vargas, 27, is the owner of a business that sells red T-shirts. Sele. I was doubly happy. “It was so miserable. We thought we wouldn’t qualify, but in the last few games it was the final. Today we were suffering from seeing how Keeler got a ball out of the corner in the 88th minute. It was with one last breath,” he said with his head in his hands. Imitation adjusted the turban.

Heavy rain in mid-June gave a little rest at noon on Tuesday. Traffic police closed access to vehicles heading to La Hispanidat. A column of strangers hugged each other with a 10 meter flag and danced to something unheard of. This sentiment seemed to destroy the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but the social animosity of the recently won election campaign in a country accustomed to pacifying or living well through two difficult years of epidemic and economic crisis.

Government of Rodrigo Chavez I also celebrated it knowing how much football represents the national mood. “Tense and inspiring moments in 90 minutes. The magic of football and national pride is, ‘We’re World Cup players again!’ That allows the world to shout, the Presidential Palace released an hour later that everyone should work again.It was considered.

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