Since they arrived in Europe a week ago, Costa Rica's national team had been training rather casually for the World Cup finals. If Guimaraes has not been able to get his squad to focus on the challenge to come in two weeks, he definitely has their attention after the 2-0 defeat against the Catalonian regional side. The Costa Ricans played rather badly at all parts of the field, but especially in the back where both goals were the result of grave defensive errors.
Like the USA, it's perhaps better to have a poor match now than two weeks from now. But the Costa Ricans will play friendlies next week against Ukraine and the Czech Republic, two sides with even more lethal strikers than Catalonia's. The Ticos need to focus, and focus quickly.
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