Costa Rica team guide: tactics, key players and expert predictions

Reinforced by Keylor Navas in goal, Oscar Ramírez’s side are likely to err on the side of caution but the 2014 quarter-finalists can get out of a tough group if they start strongly

This article is part of the Guardian’s 2018 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 32 countries who have qualified for Russia. theguardian.com is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 14 June.

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