Postpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Injured Costa Rica player Bryan Oviedo:, external Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goooool !!!!!
Summary
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England crash out of World Cup
Ruiz heads home only goal
Costa Rica through to last 16
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AS IT STANDSpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
A potentially decisive game for all concerned then.
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.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
What an entertaining end to the half. Costa Rica denied a stick-on spot-kick before scoring a fabulous goal and leaving England staring at elimination.
Italy 0-1 Costa Ricapublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Robbie Savage
Former Wales midfielder"That's absolutely shocking and had to be a penalty. It's a penalty. Terrible decision from the referee. That's why you've got to question referees in this tournament. When your own domestic league is not so strong, should you be in charge in the biggest tournament there is? I'm not so sure you should."
Postpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Of course, as it stands England are out of the World Cup.
Italy 0-1 Costa Ricapublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Robbie Savage
Former Wales midfielder
Image source, Getty Images"Thoroughly deserved, they should have had a penalty earlier. It's a superb ball in and Ruiz just drifts into the area and Buffon doesn't know whether to stay or come. It's out-swinging and Buffon is unsure. A great header, the ball is over the line and they've got their rewards."
GOALpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Image source, Getty ImagesJustice is perhaps done as Costa Rica take the lead!
It is one of the crosses of the tournament from Junior Diaz, absolutely superb from the left wing, it cuts out both centre-halves and leaves Gigi Buffon in no-man's land, and Bryan Ruiz heads against the crossbar and in.
The cross was out of this world!
PENALTY APPEALpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Image source, Getty ImagesGot to be a penalty! Joel Campbell is pushed over by Giorgio Chiellini, it looks a stonewall spot-kick but referee Enrique Osses waves him on!
Shocker...
CLOSE!published at 17:43 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Chance! Costa Rica having another really good spell and Bryan Ruiz flicks in a deft cross from the right wing, Oscar Duarte beats his marker to the ball and heads it on to the roof of the net...
Join the debate at #bbcworldcuppublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Gary Lineker"I know we're reliant on them, but that's no excuse for Italy to play like us."
Postpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Bryan Ruiz shoots from 40 yards and unsurprisingly doesn't beat Gigi Buffon. Don't shoot there!
Postpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Former Blackburn striker Jason Roberts
BBC Radio 5 live"Andrea Pirlo is playing through-balls in from the left-back position, and looking to play incisive balls in behind this Costa Rica back five. I'm so impressed with his discipline, he wants to play in a certain position, but he will go where he needs to go to get the ball. He's been at left-back, but then he's gone up into the number 10 position."
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Andrea Pirlo beats a man with another 'over' - just like he did against England before Costa Rica counter and Christian Bolanos tests Gigi Buffon with a low drive. Good game now in the scorching sun.
GREAT SAVE!published at 17:34 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Mario Balotelli is up and running now. He is picked out by a flick-on from Thiago Motta, he's marginally offside but is allowed to go on, before hammering in a first-timer which Keylor Navas gets behind.
Goal on its way? It feels like it.
Italy 0-0 Costa Ricapublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage
Image source, Getty Images"What a ball by Pirlo. He hasn't even looked. Balotelli has no conviction. His first touch was a bit far away from him but he has to do better, the keeper comes rushing out, must score."
CLOSE!published at 17:33 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Mario!
What a pass from Andrea Pirlo, absolutely brilliant to whip it around the corner and free Mario Balotelli. He's in, he lifts it over Costa Rica keeper Keylor Navas but he gets his trigonometry wrong and skews it wide.
Big chance. Awesome pass.
Image source, APPostpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Costa Rica look very comfortable on the ball, pinging it round very nicely.
Joel Campbell lines up a shot from 20 yards but tries a blind pass when the shot was on. Mario Balotelli then gets nibbled by a tackle in the centre and is not happy.
It was a clean tackle and Mario is warming up. He could erupt at any time...
CLOSE!published at 17:28 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Andrea Pirlo is almost looking flustered. Almost.
He then plays a good ball in from the left to find Mario Balotelli, he knocks it down and Thiago Motta drags a shot wide from 25 yards.
Postpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage"Italy are laboured in the play but you can still see they have real quality. Costa Rica are pushing up nicely from the back, on the front foot and are just unsettling Italy."
Postpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 20 June 2014
Image source, EpaMario Balotelli threatens to come to the party with a surging run right through the middle, but he is closed down. Seconds later the AC Milan man skins one man on the run but some brilliant defending from Giancarlo Gonzalez shuts him out.