Costa Rica is my favorite here.

They are a team with quality and the most important: experience. Their players already have enough experience in big games with their teams but also in international tournaments with the national team.

They made a good qualification stage, finishing 4th below Canada, Mexico and USA but with the same points as the Americans who reached a direct ticket to the WC thanks to their powerful attack (they achieved a bigger goal difference than Costa Rica).

Also this squad has been playing together for a long time, including the World Cup Qualifiers and the CONCACAF Nations League.

On the other hand, New Zealand is a very weak national team. Local experts are worried about some things:

Lack of experience. 5-6 starters are very young, with very little experience and with less than 23 years old. Especially in the midfield: Cacace (21 years old, is the most talented along with Chris Wood), Garbett (19 years old), Stamenic (20 years old), Joe Bell (23 years old). But also striker Alex Grieve is only 23 years old.

Intensity. New Zealand Isn’t a team who use to play high intensity games, while Costa Rica will demand a very physical game. It will be dangerous for them especially in the last minutes.

For them the victory here isn’t an obligation, they see it as preparation. For the next World Cup the winner of the Oceania group will go directly to the World Cup, without playing a playoff game like this one. Most likely they will win the group again so this match is a good chance for the young players to acquire experience.

They had a very easy qualification stage, as the Oceania teams were very weak (such as Tahiti, Fiyi, New Caledonia…). But recently they played a friendly game against Peru and they were outplayed, losing 1:0. But overall they have very little experience playing together, playing just 3 official games in 2021 and 8 in 2022, while Costa Rica played the same in 2022 but 18 in 2021.

New Zealand will try to make a defensive game, as they did against Peru, but I don't see them able to avoid the defeat here. Costa Rica has much more experience and quality, so should be able to win here and get a ticket for the next World Cup.

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哥斯达黎加是我最喜欢的。

他们是一个有质量的团队，最重要的是:经验。他们的球员已经有足够的经验与他们的球队的重大比赛，以及与国家队的国际比赛。

他们在预选赛中取得了不错的成绩，排在加拿大、墨西哥和美国之后排名第四，但他们的积分和美国一样，后者凭借强大的进攻直接进入了世界杯(他们的净胜球比哥斯达黎加大)。

此外，这支球队已经一起踢了很长时间，包括世界杯预选赛和中北美洲和加勒比国家联赛。

另一方面，新西兰是一支实力非常弱的国家队。当地专家担心一些事情:

缺乏经验。5-6名首发球员都很年轻，经验很少，而且年龄都在23岁以下。特别是在中场:卡ace(21岁，与克里斯·伍德一起最有天赋)，Garbett(19岁)，Stamenic(20岁)，Joe Bell(23岁)。但是前锋亚历克斯·格里夫只有23岁。

强度。新西兰不是一个经常打高强度比赛的球队，而哥斯达黎加则需要非常激烈的身体对抗。这对他们来说很危险，尤其是在最后几分钟。

对他们来说，在这里的胜利不是一种义务，他们把它视为准备。在下一届世界杯中，大洋洲小组的冠军将直接进入世界杯，而不需要进行像这次这样的季后赛。他们很有可能再次赢得小组冠军，所以这场比赛是年轻球员获得经验的好机会。

他们的出线阶段非常容易，因为大洋洲的球队非常弱(如塔希提、菲伊、新喀里多尼亚……)。但最近他们与秘鲁进行了一场友谊赛，他们以1:0的比分输掉了比赛。但总的来说，他们很少有一起比赛的经验，2021年只参加了3场正式比赛，2022年只参加了8场，而哥斯达黎加在2022年也参加了同样的比赛，但在2021年参加了18场。

新西兰将尝试打一场防守的比赛，就像他们对秘鲁那样，但我不认为他们能够避免在这里失败。哥斯达黎加有更多的经验和质量，所以应该能够赢得这里，并获得下一届世界杯的门票。