Jamaica beats New Caledonia and will face DR Congo in the World Cup

Closing the sequence of repechage games, Jamaica suffered, but managed to overcome the upset and beat New Caledonia, 1-0, to reach the final.

The clash was played in the early hours of this Friday (27), at .

Favorites in the duel, Jamaica started better and opened the scoring in the 17th minute of the first half.

Bailey Cadamarteri, center forward for , took advantage of a rebound from a free kick taken from the edge of the area and sent it into the back of the net.

Behind on the scoreboard, New Caledonia was not intimidated and, despite clear limitations, tried to go on the attack, but without success or even greater threats.

Having participated in just one World Cup under its belt, in 1998, Jamaica will face Iraq in the .

It will also be played at, starting at 6pm on Tuesday (31).

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