Former Blackburn striker Jason Roberts
BBC Radio 5 live

"Mario Balotelli made a good run in behind the defence and he has served notice of what he's going to do in the second half, and he should get more support now that Antonio Cassano is on."

Image source, Reuters

Mario Balotelli wants a penalty from Oscar Duarte as he clears a corner but again the referee is unmoved. Costa Rica 45 minutes away from the knockout stages...

If you missed the goal, it is now available to see at the top of your screen in the Highlights tab. A cracking ball in and a great header...

Former AC Milan and Netherlands midfielder Clarence Seedorf
MOTD

"I think Cassano is what we need, a little bit more creativity from the wings. I think he will play from the left. Costa Rica have a very clear strategy and won't change too much of how they play."

BBC News sports correspondent Natalie Pirks:, external Wayne Rooney just left England hotel in a car, presumably to see family. He's clearly seen enough of this Costa Rica game.

Game on!

Damien Heads:, external Totally blame Roy Hodgson for this World Cup failure. Nobody wanted him. Another 4 years wasted.

Henry Bellshaw:, external Even if we go out now, we should be proud of our performances which have been so much better than at previous tournaments.

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Here he is, Antonio Cassano is on at half-time, replacing Thiago Motta. A forward for a holder.

Cassano won his place in the squad after losing 10kg by cutting out focaccia...

Aaron Trundley:, external Some of the officiating in this World Cup has been appalling. Notably Brazil v Croatia, Mexico v Cameroon and Italy v Costa Rica. It's unreal.

Peter Whitehead:, external I honestly don't care if England are knocked out now - just as long as I see some good football from Costa Rica.

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Former Blackburn striker Jason Roberts, 5 live

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"Will Antonio Cassano be coming on for Italy. They need an X-Factor and he certainly has that."

One last reminder on what this result means in Group D.

England will be out if today's result is anything other than an Italy win.

Italy cannot qualify today.

Costa Rica will qualify if they win.

Football Association Chairman Greg Dyke says there is no "great value" in changing England manager Roy Hodgson.

England's consecutive defeats at the World Cup have posed questions of the 66-year-old and Dyke still believes the national side can meet his aim of winning the 2022 World Cup.

He says: "We were not humiliated or anything like that they were narrow defeats but its for the football people not for me to identify why we didn't win.

"I think we feel any great value in changing Roy. I think he's done a good job. Its an approach over four years and we hope to do better in the Europeans."

Italy's Andrea Pirlo attempted 33 passes in the first half, less than half the number he managed in the first half against England (70).

Former France and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry
MOTD

"As a striker, if your team drops you have to run a lot but look at Costa Rica, they don't drop off. They stay compact and they press and get the ball back. For me as a striker, you see that and you relax a bit more because the amount of metres between you all as a team is just a few metres."

Costa Rica have found the back in the net in all but one of their last 10 World Cup games.

Italy have not won their second game at a World Cup in any of the last three editions.

Costa Rica will be through if they win this afternoon.

Former Blackburn striker Jason Roberts
BBC Radio 5 live

"Costa Rica have had more ideas and more ambition, and what we saw was un-Italian defending. Costa Rica will have times in the second half where they need to play within themselves, and not go too gung-ho."

BBC Sport's Ben Smith in Recife

"Costa Rica are, once again, showing they are not plucky or brave, they are not minnows, they are just a very good football team and are well worth their lead.

"Just before I left for Brazil I interviewed Alessandro Del Piero, the former Italy great, and he said that while he was confident Italy would perform well in their first game against England, he was worried about the second one because history that was the game in which Italy struggled.

"Who knows why that is the case, but Italy have been really, really poor."

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has backed England manager Roy Hodgson to lead the national side to the European Championships in 2016.

Hodgson's position has come under scrutiny after his side suffered back-to-back defeats at the World Cup.

"He came to do a four year cycle leading up to the Europeans and we want him to stay and continue with that," says Dyke.

"It's disappointing to lose both games narrowly to both sides but there are some positives, there are a lot of young players who got blooded here who got into tournament football here."

Image source, Getty Images

The referee was on the halfway line when Joel Campbell was brought down for his penalty appeal by the way,

Costa Rican coach Jorge Pinto was incensed, and quite right too. Luckily, it didn't matter too much.