Brazil 2014 - Costa Rica vs England

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The Ball is Round Football Index: World Cup Finals: Brazil 2014: Costa Rica vs England.

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1st Round Matches at Brazil 2014.

Tuesday, 24th June

Group Match - Nothing to Play For

Group D

Travel to Costa Rica Costa Rica vs Travel to England England in Belo Horizonte.

Match Preview

In the final Group D matches, Costa Rica took on England in Belo Horizonte while Italy played Uruguay in Natal.

Costa Rica and England had never met before in international football competition.

The Match

Costa Rica only need a point to top the group; England are out.

Costa Rica would also top the group if the Italy vs Uruguay game were to end in a draw or one of the teams only win by a solitary goal.

Some encouraging signs from England, but nothing positive. Encouraging that they didn't go in at the break a goal down; nothing positive, in that they didn't score a goal to please the England fans who continued their vocal support.

All those England fans who paid to travel to Brazil, should be given a free ticket to the next home game.

Half-time: Costa Rica 0 - England 0

Yellow Cards The yellow cards started to trickle in during the second-half; three inside seven minutes.

One thing about this World Cup is the general lack of cards, that seems to have resulted in more goals; as less stoppage to write in the notebook equals more flowing football.

Daniel Sturridge came close to putting England in front, midway through the second-half, but nearly is not good enough.

Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney came on late in the second-half and almost combined for a goal; the story of the tournament for England..... almost!

Nothing doing, in a game with nothing to play for.

Final Score: Costa Rica 0 - England 0

Teams

Travel to Costa Rica Costa Rica:
1-Keylor Navas; 16-Cristian Gamboa, 6-Oscar Duarte, 3-Giancarlo Gonzalez, 19-Roy Miller; 15-Junior Diaz, 10-Bryan Ruiz, 5-Celso Borges, 17-Yeltsin Tejeda; 14-Randall Brenes, 9-Joel Campbel.

Travel to England England:
13-Ben Foster; 16-Phil Jones, 12-Chris Smalling, 5-Gary Cahill, 23-Luke Shaw; 8-Frank Lampard, 7-Jack Wilshere, 17-James Milner, 21-Ross Barkley; 20-Adam Lallana, 9-Daniel Sturridge.

2014 World Cup Referees Referee: Djamel Haimoudi - Algeria Travel to Algeria

Yellow Cards 3 yellow cards:
52 mins - Ross Barkley (England)
56 mins - Adam Lallana (England)
59 mins - Giancarlo Gonzalez (Costa Rica)

Travel to Italy Italy vs Uruguay Travel to Uruguay

The Road to Rio

2014 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.

Second Round

Travel to Argentina Argentina vs Switzerland Travel to Switzerlandin Sao Paulo.

Travel to Belgium Belgium vs USA Travel to USA in Salvador.

Travel to Brazil Brazil vs Chile Travel to Chile in Belo Horizonte.

Travel to Colombia Colombia vs Uruguay Travel to Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro.

Travel to Costa Rica Costa Rica vs Greece Travel to Greece in Recife.

Travel to France France vs Nigeria Travel to Nigeria in Brasilia.

Travel to Germany Germany vs Algeria Travel to Algeria in Porto Alegre.

Travel to Holland Holland vs Mexico Travel to Mexico in Fortaleza.

Quarter-finals

 Travel to Argentina Argentina vs Belgium Travel to Belgium in Brasilia.

Travel to Brazil Brazil vs Colombia Travel to Colombia in Fortaleza.

Travel to France France vs Germany Travel to Germany in Rio de Janeiro.

Travel to Holland Holland vs Costa Rica Travel to Costa Rica in Salvador.

Semi-finals

Travel to Brazil Brazil vs Germany Travel to Germany in Belo Horizonte.

Travel to Holland Holland vs Argentina Travel to Argentina in Sao Paulo.

Third-Place Match

Travel to Brazil Brazil vs Holland Travel to Holland in Brasilia.

2014 World Cup Final

Travel to Germany Germany vs Argentina Travel to Argentina in Rio de Janeiro.

World Cup Finals

Uruguay 1930:
Uruguay trailed Argentina at half-time (1:2) but replied with three goals in the second half; to win the first ever World Cup Final (4-2) on July 30th, 1930.

Italy 1934:
Italy were one of the countries who missed out on the vote to host the first World Cup but managed to win the prestigious golden trophy for the home fans.

France 1938:
The third World Cup was held in Europe for a second time, although Germany had annexed Austria, and Spain was in civil turmoil.

Brazil 1950:
Although no cup-final as such, Uruguay and Brazil went into their final game with the winner guaranteed to be champions; a draw would be enough for Brazil.

Switzerland 1954:
The fifth World Cup tournament produced a record number of goals, including a 7:5 encounter between Austria and Switzerland in Lausanne.

Sweden 1958:
Brazil presented a 17 year-old Pele to the world; who went on to claim a hat-trick in Brazil's 5:2 semi-final win over France and bag another two in the final.

Chile 1962:
Czechoslovakia overcame Hungary in the quarter-finals and Yugoslavia in the semis, while Brazil took care of England and the host nation, Chile.

England 1966:
Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, in the final against West Germany, as England triumphed in a thrilling game watched by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Mexico 1970:
1970 belonged to Pelé, who earned his third World Cup winners' medal when Brazil got their hands on the Jules Rimet Cup.... for keeps.

W. Germany 1974:
Johan Cruyff was the player of the tournament as total football became the buzzword of the day, even though Holland lost to West Germany in the 1974 final.

Argentina 1978:
Holland contested the 1978 World Cup Final, in Argentina, for the second time in a row. As in West Germany, they again finished runners-up; to the hosts.

Spain 1982:
The Spain 82 World Cup finals increased to 24 teams and the format was changed to have two group stages, with four second-round groups of three.

Mexico 1986:
In 1986, Mexico became the first nation to stage the World Cup Finals for a second time; having only staged the competition sixteen years previously.

Italy 1990:
In 1990, Italy became the World Cup of stalemates. Both semi-finals were drawn out through penalty kicks. In the final itself, the only goal came from the spot.

USA 1994:
Once Team US had played a few games most of the nation began to understand they were hosting the greatest show on earth and how the game was played.

France 1998:
France became the sixth nation to win the World Cup on home soil. Thirty-two teams competed in the 16th World Cup; better known as France 98.

Korea-Japan 2002:
The 17th World Cup, held in Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup finals to be shared by two hosts and the first to be held in Asia.

Germany 2006:
The 2006 World Cup Finals ran from 9th June to 9th July; the opening match in Munich and the final in Berlin. Munich and Dortmund hosted the semi-finals.

South Africa 2010:
Eighty years after the First World Cup Finals in Uruguay, the world's most prestigious football competition was finally hosted on the African continent.

Brazil 2014:
Five times World Cup Champions, Brazil, get a second chance to hold the prestigious World Cup Finals; 64 years after they last hosted the tournament.

Russia 2018:
VAR made its World Cup debut and set out to change the course of a game with some crucial rule infringement watching and vital on the spot decisions.

Qatar 2022:
When FIFA executives met in Zurich to decide on who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Finals, Qatar was probably the biggest surprise to many.

United 2026:
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. The United Bid won the hosting rights ahead of Morocco.

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