FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Concacaf

El Salvador vs Costa Rica, 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONCACAF, Third Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Concacaf
El Salvador
  • 31': Cristian Gil
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1 - 2
Costa Rica
  • 30': Anthony Contreras
  • 45'+1': Joel Campbell

About

El Salvador are hosting Costa Rica at Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Concacaf.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Alonso Martínez (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Jairo Henriquez (El Salvador).
  • 1': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Roberto Domínguez.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Celso Borges (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joel Campbell with a cross following a corner.
  • 3': Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Alonso Martínez (Costa Rica).
  • 4': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Roberto Domínguez.
  • 7': Alonso Martínez (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 7': Foul by Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador).
  • 13': Foul by Kevin Reyes (El Salvador).
  • 13': Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Substitution, El Salvador. Ronald Rodríguez replaces Roberto Domínguez because of an injury.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 20': Foul by Brayan Landaverde (El Salvador).
  • 20': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Foul by Rómulo Villalobos (El Salvador).
  • 26': Attempt missed. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Keysher Fuller.
  • 28': Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Foul by Brayan Landaverde (El Salvador).
  • 30': Goal! El Salvador 0, Costa Rica 1. Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  • 31': Goal! El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 1. Cristian Gil (El Salvador) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Reyes with a through ball.
  • 34': Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Christian Martínez (El Salvador).
  • 35': Attempt missed. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alonso Martínez.
  • 36': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Ronald Rodríguez (El Salvador) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Santamaría with a cross.
  • 37': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Juan Pablo Vargas.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Christian Martínez (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 38': Foul by Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica).
  • 38': Jairo Henriquez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Juan Pablo Vargas (Costa Rica).
  • 41': Kevin Santamaría (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
  • 43': Jairo Henriquez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Kevin Reyes (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+1': Goal! El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 2. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Keysher Fuller.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Jairo Henriquez (El Salvador).
  • 45'+2': Keylor Navas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Costa Rica. Bryan Ruíz replaces Alonso Martínez.
  • 45': Substitution, El Salvador. Eriq Zavaleta replaces Rómulo Villalobos.
  • 46': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 46': Foul by Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica).
  • 49': Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 49': Foul by Alexander Larín (El Salvador).
  • 49': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Juan Pablo Vargas (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joel Campbell with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 54': Foul by Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador).
  • 54': Juan Pablo Vargas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Kendall Waston.
  • 56': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Francisco Calvo.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexander Larín with a cross following a corner.
  • 59': Cristian Gil (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Foul by Kendall Waston (Costa Rica).
  • 60': Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Alexander Larín (El Salvador).
  • 61': Substitution, El Salvador. Narciso Orellana replaces Kevin Santamaría.
  • 64': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
  • 66': Bryan Ruíz (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Jairo Henriquez (El Salvador).
  • 68': Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Foul by Kevin Reyes (El Salvador).
  • 68': Kevin Reyes (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
  • 72': Substitution, Costa Rica. Orlando Galo replaces Celso Borges.
  • 73': Substitution, Costa Rica. Carlos Martínez replaces Keysher Fuller.
  • 73': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Carlos Martínez.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Kevin Reyes (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 74': Foul by Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador).
  • 74': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Campbell.
  • 75': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Ronald Rodríguez.
  • 76': Substitution, El Salvador. Joaquín Rivas replaces Jairo Henriquez.
  • 76': Substitution, El Salvador. Styven Vásquez replaces Cristian Gil.
  • 78': Foul by Orlando Galo (Costa Rica).
  • 78': Kevin Reyes (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Joaquín Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brayan Landaverde.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Christian Martínez (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Narciso Orellana.
  • 82': Substitution, Costa Rica. Johan Venegas replaces Joel Campbell.
  • 83': Carlos Martínez (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 83': Foul by Kevin Reyes (El Salvador).
  • 86': Bryan Oviedo (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Foul by Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador).
  • 87': Kendall Waston (Costa Rica) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Bryan Ruíz with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 87': Offside, Costa Rica. Kendall Waston tries a through ball, but Anthony Contreras is caught offside.
  • 89': VAR Decision: No Goal El Salvador 1-2 Costa Rica.
  • 90': Substitution, Costa Rica. Ian Lawrence replaces Bryan Oviedo.
  • 90'+3': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Carlos Martínez.
  • 90'+3': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Bryan Ruíz.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Brayan Landaverde (El Salvador) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexander Larín with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 2.
  • 0': Match ends, El Salvador 1, Costa Rica 2.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 16
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 9
1 Saves 1
30.9 Possession 69.1
9 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
182 Accurate Passes 493
253 Passes 573
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 4
11 Crosses 24
0.5 Cross % 0.2
61 Long Balls 43
25 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 8
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 1
16 Effective Clearances 9
16 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Concacaf

Venue: Estadio Cuscatlán
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador

WCQ - Concacaf Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Panama 6 +5 12
2 Suriname 6 +3 9
3 Guatemala 6 +1 8
4 El Salvador 6 -9 3
Full Table

Line-Ups

SLV El Salvador (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Mario González (GK)
2 José Villalobos
3 Roberto Domínguez
13 Alexander Larín Yellow Card
21 Bryan Tamacas
8 Kevin Santamaría
18 Brayan Landaverde
14 Christian Martínez
20 Cristian Gil
19 Kevin Reyes
17 Jairo Henríquez
El Salvador Substitutes:
Lizandro Claros, Joaquín Rivas, Styven Vásquez, Darwin Cerén, Nelson Bonilla, Melvin Cartagena, Ronald Gómez, Eriq Zavaleta, Miguel Lemus, Kevin Carabantes, Eric Calvillo, Narciso Orellana.

CRC Costa Rica (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Keylor Navas (GK)
3 Juan Pablo Vargas
15 Francisco Calvo
19 Kendall Waston
8 Bryan Oviedo
4 Keysher Fuller
17 Yeltsin Tejeda
5 Celso Borges
16 Alonso Martínez
7 Anthony Contreras
12 Joel Campbell
Costa Rica Substitutes:
Esteban Alvarado, Carlos Mora, Youstin Salas, Leonel Moreira, Ian Lawrence, Carlos Martinez, Orlando Galo, Douglas López, Daniel Chacón, Johan Venegas, Jose Ortiz, Bryan Ruiz.

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