Italy vs Costa Rica - Competition: FIFA World Cup
Match date: 20 June 2014
Goals: Costa Rica – Bryan Ruiz 44
Venue: Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Match date: 20 June 2014
Goals: Costa Rica – Bryan Ruiz 44
Venue: Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Italy 0-1 Costa Rica (Group D)
Costa Rica 0-1: Bryan Ruiz goal (44').
The game was played in a very slow pace since early minutes as they're not keen on making any early mistakes. After
missing out several goal scoring chances, Italy found themselves in
deep trouble as just before half time break Costa Rica got in front
through Bryan Ruiz's header.
In the second half, Italy tried to
change things around but a lethargic performance from their players made
things easy for Costa Rica.
Eventually, no more goals were scored as the Concacaf side celebrate another famous win an a ticket into the knock out stage.
Italy starting lineup vs Costa Rica 2014:- Buffon, Darmian, Barzagli, Chiellini, Abate, Thiago Motta, De Rossi, Candreva, Pirlo, Marchisio, Balotelli.
CRC starting XI vs Italia 2014:- Navas, Gamboa, Umana, Duarte, Diaz, Gonzalez, Ruiz, Borges, Tejeda, Bolanos, Campbell.