kmhouseindia: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Match 24 Group D Italy Vs Costa Rica Friday June 20,2014

Friday, June 20, 2014

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Match 24 Group D Italy Vs Costa Rica Friday June 20,2014

Italy Vs Costa Rica at

Managers

Jorge Luis Pinto(Costa Rica)
Cesare Prandelli(Italy)

Costa Rica beats Italy 1-0
Goal Scorer - Bryan Ruiz(44)

Italy had failed to win their second group match at any of the previous 3 World Cups
Mario Balotelli wasted Italy's best chance when he ran on to Andrea Pirlo's superb pass and shot wide
Costa Rica fully warranted their win and the result proved Costa Rica's Victory against Uruguay in Fortaleza had been no fluke
Italy, the world's No. 9 ranked team, came to Arena Pernambuco with a horde of potent attackers and a host of expectations to meet Costa Rica, a team ranked No. 34, a relative nobody on the international stage. But on Friday afternoon, Italy could only aimlessly drift around the grass, while Costa Rica executed its own game plan to perfection.
In the 84-year history of the World Cup, only eight countries have won the tournament. Costa Rica, a nation of less than 5 million people, found itself in Group D with three of them: Italy, England and Uruguay.
But Costa Rica, which beat Uruguay last week, has now qualified ahead of all of them. Costa Rica will play England next week after eliminating it from contention with this victory and can secure the group's top spot with just a draw.

Italy and Uruguay will play Tuesday to see who will join Costa Rica in the second round. (In the caseof a draw in that game, Italy would go through on goal difference.)

Costa Rica fans celebrate as their team make it two wins out of two to go through to the last 16