CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE STATS, HEAT MAPS AND MORE FROM THE GROUP D CLASH USING OUR MATCH ZONE SERVICE Lay your patriotism and your disappointment to one side for a moment if you can and revel in the glory of little Costa Rica. In a World Cup knee deep in fascinating stories and surprises, the tiny Central American nation have presented us with perhaps the best yet. Ranked 28th in the world by FIFA – that’s a place beneath Scotland – Costa Rica added a thoroughly deserved victory over Italy to their 3-1 lesson they handed Uruguay a week ago in Fortaleza.
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Fulham flop opened scoring with header just before half-time
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Mario Balotelli had earlier fired wide when sprung clear on goal
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Costa Rica win means they are through to knockout rounds and England are fourth country to be eliminated from World Cup
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Italy and Uruguay meet on Tuesday and winner will advance to second round, a draw sends Italy through
Queue something approaching hysteria on the @placeholder bench with coach Pinto pointing to the heavens to indicate justice.
'We hope we will win against @placeholder because this will be positive for our team and our country.'