RED CARD: Oscar Duarte (Costa Rica) 67min: Madness from Oscar Duarte, who makes a reckless challenge to bring down Cholevas, picking up a second yellow card and a sending off. Needless pressure now on Costa Rica. FIRST GOAL BY COSTA RICA COSTA RICA 1 Vs GREECE 0 52min: The unthinkable has happened - we have a goal! Bolanos cuts a pass back to the edge of the box where Bryan Ruiz opens his body out to slot a low finish across goal and into the bottom corner. Its superbly taken and Costa Ricas first shot on target. Clinical if nothing else! Forty five minutes and one chance - its not looking good is it. Those of you who went for a penalty shootout bet mentioned before kick-off should be about the only people feeling happy following that first half. Minnows kick-off in bid to face Holland in quarter-finals Greece XI: Karnezis, Maniatis, Manolas, Samaras, Karagounis, Salpingidis, Torosidis, Lazaros, Sokratis, Cholevas, Samaris Costa Rica XI: Navas, Gonzalez, Umana, Borges, Duarte, Bolanos, Campbell, Ruiz, Diaz, Gamboa, Tejeda Costa Rica already matched best finals following last 16 appearance in 1990 Central American side caused shock by topping group featuring Uruguay, Italy and England Greece through to last 16 for first time in their history at third attempt Two sides clash in Recife at Arena Pernambuco with winner to face Holland in quarter-finals
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:49:13 +0000
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