RECIFE: Bryan Ruiz's goal within the first-half against European country sealed England's elimination from the globe Cup and saw Republic of Costa Rica reach the last sixteen with a fine 1-0 convert European country in port on weekday.
Ruiz affected right at the tip of the first-half solely minutes once the Costa Ricans had a legitimate attractiveness for a penalty waved aside by the referee.
Costa Rica's triumph saw them move onto six points and means pointless England's slim hopes of obtaining second spot square measure destroyed as Uruguay and European country, each on 3 points, play one another within the final batch of cluster games.
It will be the second time Republic of Costa Rica have reached the last sixteen, the previous occasion being within the 1990 finals.
Italy's poor performance was encapsulated by the very fact that they had not gone scoreless in a very tournament finals match since the 1998 edition in France.
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