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30 September
0:3 (0:1)
  • Diego MADRIGAL (35')
  • Luke DEVERE (82' OG)
  • David GUZMAN (90'+3)

Referee Mohamed BENOUZA (ALG)

Summary

Ticos leave Aussies struggling

Ticos leave Aussies struggling

Costa Rica bounced back from their 5-0 defeat to Brazil with a spirited and well deserved 3-0 win over ten-man Australia in Port Said. While reviving Tico hopes of a place in the last 16, the result all but dooms the Young Socceroos to an early exit after two successive Group E losses. With both sides insisting pre-match that this was a must-win game, it was understandable that nerves and ...

Highlights

Line-up

AUS
CRC
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Jan VERSLEIJEN (NED)
(CRC) Ronald GONZALEZ
Officials
  • Referee: Mohamed BENOUZA (ALG)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Nasser Sadek ABDEL NABI (EGY)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Angesom OGBAMARIAM (ERI)
  • Fourth official: Frank DE BLEECKERE (BEL)
  • Misses next match if booked
  • Not eligible to play
  • Injured

Photos

  • Cristian Gamboa of Costa Rica in action
  • Mitch Nichols of Australia in action
  • Aaron Mooy of Australia in action
  • Matthew Jurman of Australia in aciton
  • Kofi Danning of Australia in action
  • Own-goalscorer Luke DeVere (R) and James Holland of Australia look dejected
  • Benjamin Kantarovski #16 of Australia shows his dejection
  • Mitch Nichols of Australia beats David Guzman of Costa Rica
  • The sun sets over the Port Said Stadium

Quotes

"At half-time, you're thinking that 1-0 shouldn't be a big obstacle, and in the second half we raised our game and tried to get an equaliser. But it's always tough to play with ten men," Jan Versleijen, Australia coach.

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STATISTICS
AustraliaStatisticsCosta Rica
15Shots15
7Corner kicks4
3Yellow cards4
0Second yellow card and red card0
1Red Cards0
55%Possession (%)45%