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Costa Rica Defeats Nicaragua 4-1 in World Cup Push

Summary by The Tico Times
Costa Rica defeats Nicaragua in the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers, with goals from Alonso Martínez, Manfred Ugalde, and Francisco Calvo.

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The selection of Nicaragua suffered a strong defeat in front of Costa Rica by the date 4 of the decisive phase of the qualifiers of the Confederation of North America, Central America and the Caribbean of Football (Concacaf). Those directed by Marco Antonio ‘Fantasma’ Figueroa put into play their ticket to the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada in the absence of two games to finish the qualifier. Nicaragua’s coach’s harsh cri…

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San José, 13 Oct (EFE).- Costa Rica beat Nicaragua for 4-1 this Monday and got in full in the fight for a direct quota to the 2026 World Cup that will be defined in November in the last two days of the CONCACAF qualifiers. Two goals by Alonso Martínez, one by Manfred Ugalde and one by Francisco Calvo gave the victory of the team of Mexican coach Miguel Herrera in front of the Nicaraguan team, which tied momentarily with some June Arteaga. With t…

The Costa Rican National Team won 2 to 1 in the scoreboard thanks to a fixed tactical action, in which Alonso Martínez won a ball possession after a head of Kendall Waston. The Tico striker scored the first and second target of the Costa Ricans. At the 60th minute, the Tricolor wins 3-1. Alonso Martínez’s doublete, the man of the @newyorkcityfc pic.twitter.com/lXS8M8KTw7— TD Más (@tdmascrc) October 14, 2025

The Nicaraguan Football Federation (Fenifut) denounced on Monday that the Costa Rican police tried to arrest one of its players prior to the match that both teams fought for the fourth date of Concacaf’s World Cup. The court stated that the incident affected the performance of the Nicaraguan team, which lost 4-1 the match, and demanded that FIFA investigate the facts. According to Fenifut, minutes before the start of the match at the National St…

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Nicaragua’s technician gives an unusual conference in the world: He exposes his goalkeeper Marco Antonio “Fantasma” Figueroa did not save anything after Nicaragua’s 4-1 defeat against Costa Rica for the eliminations to the 2026 World Cup. Chilean coach publicly attacked his own goalkeeper, Miguel Rodríguez, at a press conference that will hardly compare in the international arena. Before launching his criticism, the “Fantasma” thanked Liga Depor…

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La Nación, Grupo Nación broke the news in on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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