2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Match 52 on June 29 at 5:00 PM Brasilia Time

Venue: Arena Pernambuco, Recife

(5-3) Penalty Shootouts

                                             (Ruiz 52')   (Papastathopoulos 90')
Man of the Match: Keylor Navas

Costa Rica goes through to the Quarter Finals

Penalty Shootouts: Costa Rica 5-3 Greece

End of Added Extra Time: Costa Rica 1-1 Greece

End of Normal Time: Costa Rica 1-1 Greece

Lineups

Costa Rica: Navas, Gonzalez, Umana, Borges, Duarte, Bolanos, Campbell, Ruiz, Diaz, Gamboa, Tejeda

Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis, Manolas, Samaras, Karagounis, Salpingidis, Torosidis, Lazaros, Sokratis, Cholevas, Samaris

Referee: Benjamin Williams, Australia

Head to Head: Costa Rica 0-0-0 Greece

Match 38 on June 24 at 5:00 PM Brasilia Time

Venue: Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza

(Samaris 42', Samaras 92' (p))     (Wilfried 74')                                      
Man of the Match: Georgios Samaras

Greece

World Cup Record

12 Matches - W02, D04, L06

Manager

Fernando Santos, Portugal

Ivory Coast

World Cup Record

08 Matches - W03, D01, L04

Manager

Sabri Lamouchi, France

Match Facts

Match 22 on June 19 at 7:00 PM Brasilia Time

Venue: Arena das Dunas, Natal

Fulltime - It's a goalless draw at Natal. Colombia advances as a result

01:28: Yellow Card - Torosidis hands the ball and is booked
01:20: Substitution - Salpingidis comes in for Kone
01:17: Okubo aims bottom left corner, Karzenis saves it
01:07: Uchida crosses across the goal but Okubo could just shoot it wide
01:00: Great save by Kawashima. Karagounis sets up Gekas header, defied by the goalkeeper
00:57: Substitution - Kagawa comes in for Osako for Japan
00:55: Yellow Card - Samaras makes a foul on Okubo and is cautioned
00:46: Samaras beats the keeper with an excellent shot, but beats the goal too
00:46: Substitution - Endo comes in for Japan replacing injured Hasebe at halftime

Halftime - Greece, who are man down have an uphill battle to deal with the excellent Japanese

00:45: Karagounis immediately makes an impact, crosses to find Torosidis who heads it wide
00:41: Fetfatzidis is sacrificed to strengthen the defense after that dismissal. Karagounis is in
00:40: Kawashima dives and deflects the ball out from an excellent Torosidis shot. That was close
00:38: Red Card - Katsounaris is booked again for taking down Hasebe and is given marching orders
00:35: Substitution - Mitroglou is injured and is substituted by Gekas
00:29: Keisuke Honds aims for top right corner from a freekick, Karzenis saves and holds it on second attempt
00:27: Yellow Card - Katsounaris tackles Osako and goes into the books
00:21: Its Osako this time, shoots it powerfully, just missed the post
00:19: Uchida sets up Okubo, shoots on goal, smart work by Karzenis
00:16: Yamaguchi sets up Okubo, but the shot is dealt by Katsounaris
00:12: Yellow Card - Japan's Hasebe gets booked for a bad foul on Maniatis
00:11: Kone is free and runs towards Japan box, takes a long shot, Kawashima fumbles but gathers the ball
00:04: Mitroglou this time in the box, shoots on goal, Konno blocks it
00:02: Yamaguchi immediately on target, stopped by Manolas

Its Kickoff time at natal

Lineups

Japan: Kawashima, Uchida, Honda, Nagatomo, Okazaki, Okubo, Konno, Yamaguchi, Hasebe, Osako, Yoshida

Referee: Joel Aguilar, El Salvador

Head to Head: Japan 1-0-0 Greece

Match 5 on June 14 at 1:00 PM Brasilia Time

Venue: Meneirao, Belo Horizonte

(Armero 6', Gutierrez 58', Rodriguez 93')                                                     

Man of the Match: James Rodriguez

Fulltime

01:30: Goal - Rodriguez, the star kid, has scored

00:58: Goal - Gutierrez puts it in

00:06: Goal - Armero scores for Colombia, defensive mistake from Greece

Lineups

29 Matches - W09, D06, L14

Jose Pekerman, Argentina

10 Matches - W02, D03, L05

Fernando Santos, Portugal

Referee: Mark W Geiger, USA

Head to Head: Colombia 1-0-0 Greece

Goalkeepers:

Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos)

Defenders:

Kostas Manolas (Olympiacos), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiacos), Jose Holebas (Olympiacos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Giorgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Vasilis Torosidis (Roma), Vangelis Moras (Verona)

Midfielders:

Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Andreas Samaris (Olympiacos), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna)

Forwards:

Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), Kostas Mitroglou (Fulham), Theofanis Gekas (Konyaspor)

Goalkeepers: Alexandros Tzorvas (Apollon Smyrnis), Michalis Sifakis (Atromitos), Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panaglotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Avraam Papadopoulos, Dimitris Siovas, Kostas Manolas, Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas (all Olympiakos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Giorgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Vasilis Torosidis (Roma)

Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Sotiris Ninis (PAOK), Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna)

Forwards: Dimitris Papadopoulos (Atromitos), Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), Konstantinos Mitroglou (Fulham), Theofanis Gekas (Konyaspor)