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roy_il_diavolo said:
Well, I do understand that, and it would be great for Costa Rica to get some competitive action with european teams, it can only make us better (as well, my dream would have been that we would have done a good performance and South America would start considering our teams to play in Libertadores or Suramericana, but we're going to have to wait some more time for that).
But it's not that easy to qualify in CONCACAF. Firstly, you have to go the islands, not easy, the fields are crap. Then you have to play in Mexico & the US, Mexico has only lost once in qualifications in the Azteca stadium, against Costa Rica back in 02', and the US at home has become unbeatable.
And now that hostility of the Central American nations. In Costa Rica's case, we are taken to the most miserable places to play, they make parties in front of the hotels our NT stays the night before the game(and it's been said that local radios ask fans to go and make noise). Racist insults, bad airplanes(yeah we have to take local airplanes cause they take us to the most miserable parts) with just a fan to give some air, total hate towards us(it's very well known Costa Rica is hated by the rest of CA), any anti fair play form you can think of, our NT has tasted it.
We aren't that different either, basically, we whistle national anthems(well we, but not me), racist insults, and the south part of the stadium is memorable for making the oppenents shit their pants(it has been said once a player from the US ask his teamate if he knew how hell was, the other guy replied no, "well tonight you'll know what it is like"). Only if we are really really bad managed we lose a game at home, but we are usually really really hard to beat in home.
Oh and it doesn't hurt that since Fifa dates are only when Europe plays friendlies or qualifications, and not everytime CONCACAF has a qualificatory game, and Costa Rica doesn't have enough weight, our players that play in Europe(I can easily name Brescia) come whenever the hell the team wants them to come, a day before usually(with 8 hours of flight), and since that's not enough, we get them injured(like Gilberto Martinez, who if he was playing for a bigger NT, he would have been rested, but no, he was injured, and had to play injured most of the season with Brescia
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(4.5 million people-of which less than 3.5 are costaricans-, the second most small country participating in the WC, just being there is good, and the five minutes we were 1-1 against Germany was worth everything).
