Costa Rica is the strongest army in the 2022 World Cup
Iceland, Panama, Mauritius, the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of Vanuatu, Costa Rica... Countries from different regions of the world, but they converge on the right One group: they have no army.
Costa Rica is a member of a very short list of countries that have chosen not to have an army.
A situation that has existed since Article 12 of the Costa Rican Constitution approved it in 1949 in ratification of Jose Figueres Ferrer’s decision the previous year, so that the country would be on a date The celebration of the 75th anniversary of this decision after less than two years.
In fact, the 74th anniversary of the decision of President Figueres Ferrer will coincide this year with Costa Rica's match against Germany in the World Cup on the land of Qatar.
The World Cup, where Costa Rica reappears bearing the hopes of its people, and it is true that it is a country without an army, but it is full of fighters who act on behalf of They are their best players on the field.
Costa Rica, the owner of the 2014 World Cup miracle, returned to achieve another miracle, but this time in the playoffs.
It was like a private battle for a very long time, but the unarmed Costa Rican army of players managed to emerge victorious in this scenario. see understandable
The kings of surprises
Costa Rica is playing the World Cup for the sixth time in its history, and the third in a row, a feat achieved for the first time by the country. B, who belongs to CONCACAF, has previously played 18 matches in the World Cup throughout its history, winning 5 of them, drawing the same, and losing 8 times. Coming and expected to testify The 2022 edition set a new Costa Rican record for the number of matches.
Christian Bolaños, the owner of 9 World Cup matches, is the most appearance in the World Cup in the Costa Rica shirt, but he is chased by a group of stars of the current generation with 8 matches, they are: Kilo R Navas, Brian Ruiz, Christian Gamboa, Celso Borges.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for Bolaños to maintain his number, given the fact that Costa Rica will play at least 3 matches in 2022.
Brian Ruiz - the owner of the two previous goals - in turn, could be the historic scorer for Costa Rica in the World Cup if he scored a goal to equal with Ronald Gomez, Paulo and Inchobe.
Costa Rica participated in the World Cup qualifiers for the first time in 1958, but ac
hieved the first qualification in 1990.
In a surprising appearance, Costa Rica made strong performances, defeating Scotland and Sweden in the first round, and losing with great difficulty from Brazil, to pass to the round of 16, as the competition was bid farewell to Czechoslovakia.