RECIFE: Costa Rica beat Greece on Penalty Shootout by 5-3 here at Arena Pemambuco, Recife, Brazil. Costa Rica qualified for the Quarter Finals for the first time in their World Cup History. Costa Rica was in the group of former champions England, Italy and Uruguay. Costa Rica proceeded to top 16s along with Uruguay. Even the football pundit Surprised for the unlikely result of this group. Costa Rica, on Penalty Shootout against Greece, proved that they are not the candidate of surmise-proceeding into the top 16s.
The match remained open till the end of the first half. Costa Rica shoots only once towards Greek goal post that was in the 52nd minutes and earned it. Bryan Ruiz scored it. However, Costa Rica showed its brilliance but Greece came back at the eleventh hour of the match and equalized Costa Rica’s lead in injury time. Extra time was given but both the opponents failed to score goal.
On penalty shootout, Costa Rica scored on all its 5 penalties but Greek fourth penalty was unexpectedly saved. With the result of 5-3 Costa Rica progressed to quarter finals. Costa Rica will face Netherlands in the Quarter-final
By Abdullah Waheed