Costa Rica eliminate Greece to go through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2014! They will meet Netherlands there!
Costa Rica 5: Michael Umana now. Can he seal it for his side? YES HE CAN! HE SCORES! 5-3 to Costa Rica!
Greece 4: Gekas is next… Navas saves!!! 4-3 to Costa Rica!
Costa Rica 4: Joel Campbell… OH! What a sweetly struck penalty! 4-3 to Costa Rica!
Greece 3: Jose Holebas up now! Scores! 3-3! 100% till now!
Costa Rica 3: Giancarlo Gonzalez… scores! Right down the middle! 3-2 to Costa Rica!
Greece 2: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos! Scores! 2-2!
Costa Rica 2: Bryan Ruiz is next… The Fulham midfielder scores!!! 2-1 to Costa Rica!
Greece 1: Mitrouglu! Scores! 1-1
Costa Rica 1: Celso Borges takes it… GOAL! Well struck penalty! 1-0 to Costa Rica!
Costa Rica will take the first penalty.
Both sides deciding their penalty takers! Greece coach Fernando Santos has been sent off to the stands. So a little less support for the Greeks there.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT
The teams can’t be separated. This means it’s penalty time!
120+1 Min: Mitroglou latches onto a flick on and sees his shot brilliantly saved by the keeper! Astonishing stuff.
112 Min: Costa Rica showing a bit more going forward in this period. Cubero gets to the right byline and crosses for Campbell who can’t flick it towards goa
108 Min: Katsouranis slips a slide-rule pass into the left channel for Gekas but Navas comes off his line to thwart the forward.
Second-half: Penalties looming as both sides aren’t able to score a goal.
105 Min: Torosidis plays a low ball into Gekas who tries to flick it through for Mitroglou… superb defending again.
95 Min: Campbell twists and turns 35 yards from goal but is well tackled by the evergreen Karagounis.
First-half: The players come out after a session of massages and stretching and we’re off! Costa Rica will feel hard-done by here! One man down and they will have to watch Greece control the play.
EXTRA-TIME
90+1 Min: GOAL!!!! Greece level it!!!!! Papastathopoulos pounces on the rebound after Gekas’ shot on the turn was beaten out by the keeper. Extra time beckons. Costa Rica 1-1 Greece! There’s surely going to be extra-time now!
72 Min: Holebas marauds down the left and fizzes a low ball into the six-yard box but Gonzalez hooks it away. Superb defending.
66 Min: RED CARD!!! Duarte has been sent off! It’s a second yellow for a late tackle on Holebas. Costa Rica down to 10-men.
52 Min: GOAL! Bryan Ruiz! What a well placed finish! With his left foot, Ruiz scores by placing the ball into the bottom right corner! Karnezis was rooted to the spot! Superb!
Second-half: The game is restarted by the referee! Is anyone going to get a goal?
HALF-TIME
It’s not been the best half of football at this summer’s World Cup. We really need a goal to get this going.
38 Min: SAVE! A wonderful ball from the left is met by Salpingidis at the far post, but Navas somehow keeps it out! Great stuff by the Costa Rican keeper!
36 Min: A long ball by Gamboa, is aimed towards Campbell – but Manolas gets his body in the way and the Arsenal man can’t sneak through.
31 Min: Holebas floats a dangerous ball towards Samaras who is caught offside. There are some daner signs for Ticos. They aren’t handling the Celtic man.
26 Min: A Karagounis corner is met by Borges at the near post. It’s commanding clearance and the danger passes for Costa Rica.
15 Min: Karagounis’ delivery is met by Papastathopoulos who can only guide a header wide after readjusting his run.
9 Min: Gonzalez drops one over the top for Bolaños but it’s slightly overhit and Greece have a breather.
Kick-off: The referee gets the game started after the national anthems! Great match we have here!
Line-ups
Costa Rica
Keylor Navas; Christian Gamboa, Oscar Duarte, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Umana, Junior Díaz; Bryan Ruiz (capt), Celso Borges; Yeltsin Tejeda; Christian Bolanos; Joel Campbell.
Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto (COL)
Greece
Orestis Karnezis; Vasilis Torosidis, Konstantinos Manolas, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Jose Holebas; Dimitrios Salpingidis, Ioannis Maniatis, Andreas Samaris, Giorgos Karagounis (capt), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos; Georgios Samaras.
Coach: Fernando Santos (POR)
Costa Rica vs Greece Match Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS)
Costa Rica take on Greece for the fourth game of the Round of 16 at the Arena Pernambuca in Recife. The winner of this encounter play Netherlands who beat Mexico in a thrilling game just a few hours back.
Get the Live updates of FIFA World Cup 2014 Costa Rica vs Greece Round of 16 Match here. The kick off time is 8:00 PM GMT (1:30 AM IST, June 30).
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