The Group Of Death: Uruguay Vs Costa Rica

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What a game by far one the best games in the World Cup so far Uruguay VS Costa Rica. I, like most people in the world went in thinking this would be a pretty easy game for the Uruguayans but I seem to have forgotten this is a World Cup and each team in this competition is here for a reason and boy did Costa Rica prove that today.

Another match where the team statistics are very close, but it didn’t look like that on the pitch I mean Costa Rica was all over the place causing trouble at every turn of the pitch. Being the only team in Group D to never have previously won a World Cup they were clearly the underdogs in this game and the rest of the group stage but now that they have three points out of the way they can make some real noise in this group.

By the 24th minute when Costa Rica Rugby tackled Edinson Cavani and he scored a great penalty I believed that this was the beginning of the end for Costa Rica, but thanks to Joel Campbell and the energy and quick tempo of this squad they made an exceptional come back.

As a Arsenal supporter I was so filled with Joy to see Joel Campbell play like this on a big stage like the WC, do to some unfortunate paper work he could not play for Arsenal and eventually went on loan to Olympiacos but when he returns to the Gunners they will finally have a true forward that can change a game like he did against Uruguay when he scored the first goal which started it all.

Uruguay played well but just couldn’t get that much needed cushion goal. I honestly don’t know why Luis Suarez although not 100% fit was not substituted into the game in the latter stages he may have been able to at least secure a point for Uruguay. Costa Rica were exceptional on set pieces which led to the second goal by Oscar Duarte, then in the 84th minute Campbell made a great pass to to Marco Urena who performed a top class finish to truly end the game off. Overall the game was exciting and breathtaking bringing the Uruguay back to the drawing board. The score ends Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3.