Costa Rica to rest key players vs Guatemala

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 Costa Rica to rest key players vs Guatemala

Tuesday, October 11th 2005

Trinidad Express
 
 
 Costa Rica will be resting a lot of their key players in their final CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying game against Guatemala tomorrow in Guatemala.

Trinidad and Tobago's 1-0 victory over Panama on Saturday gave them a two-point edge over Guatemala, but T&T must play CONCACAF group leaders Mexico tomorrow, while Costa Rican coach Alexandre Guimaraes said he would be resting key players against Guatemala.

Tomorrow's games will determine whether Guatemala or Trinidad and Tobago earn fourth place in the CONCACAF standings and the right to face Bahrain or Uzbekistan of the Asian Zone in a home-and-home playoff for a berth at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

With their 3-0 trouncing of a second-string USA team last Saturday, the Ticos joined the United States and Mexico in the three guaranteed berths from the North and Central American and Caribbean region.

And Costa Rica coach Guimaraes said he will not be taking any risks ahead of next year's World Cup.

"I am not going to risk several players who have yellow cards because I don't want to risk losing anybody for the first game of the World Cup," Guimaraes said.
 

[dcs]

The yellow cards rolling over to the WC too?
Steupse...dotish rules.

[morvant]

ah tell alyuh harden youth this and allyuh didnt believe meh and mex doin the same so we have ah level playin field

[Tenorsaw]

Dem fellas really want to help out Guatemala, and what knida dotish rule is that.  They should start the WC with a clean slate.

[dcs]

Touches...clarify if you know for sure nah.
In another thread somebody say it doh roll over.
Matter of fact didn't some football official (JW??) say something so.

[Ponnoxx]

 We just have to concentrate on the mexico game on WE game.