Greece, Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay!

From Group C, Colombia and Greece pass; from Group D, Costa Rica and Uruguay pass. In the next round, Greece faces Costa Rica and Colombia plays against Uruguay.

  

Greece 2        Ivory Coast 1

Samaris 42    Bony 74

Samaras 90 (pen)

  

Greece

Karnezis (Glykos), Torosidis, Holebas, Karagounis (Gekas), Manolas, Papastathopoulos, Salpingidis, Maniatis, Samaras, Kone (Samaris), Christodoulopoulos

Coach: Fernando SANTOS

Yellow card:

 

Ivory Coast

Barry, Aurier, Boka, Gonzaroua Die, K Touré, Bamba, Kalou, Tioté (Bony), Drogba (Diomande), Y Touré, Gervinho (Sio)

Coach: Sabri LAMOUCHI

Yellow card: Gonzaroua Die, Kalou, Drogba

 

Ball possession: Greece 46% Ivory Coast 54%

Shots/on target: Greece 13/5 Ivory Coast 13/4

Corners: Greece 4 Ivory Coast 7

Fouls committed: Greece 12 Ivory Coast 23

 

 

  

Japan 1 Colombia 4

             Cuadrado 17 (pen), Martínez 55, 82; Rodríguez 89

Okazaki 45

  

Japan

Kawashima, Uchida, Nagatomo, Hasebe, Yoshida, Konno, Okazaki (Kakitani), Aoyama (Yamaguchi), Okubo, Honda, Kagawa (Kiyotake)

Coach: Alberto ZACCHERONI

Yellow card: Konno

  

Colombia

Ospina (Mondragón), Arias, Armero, Mejía, Valdés, Balanta, Cuadrado (Carbonero), Guarín, Ramos, Quintero (Rodríguez), Martinez

Coach: José PEKERMAN

Yellow card: Guarín

 

Ball possession: Japan 60% Colombia 40%

Shots/on target: Japan 24/7 Colombia 13/4

Corners: Japan 9 Colombia 2

Fouls committed: Japan 10 Colombia 18

 

 

  

  

Group C After 2 games

 

Colombia 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9

Greece 1 1 1 2 4 -2 4

Ivory Coast 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3

Japan 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

 

 

Goal scorers

Colombia: Armero, Gutiérrez, James Rodríguez (3), Quintero, Cuadrado, Martínez (2)

Ivory Coast: Bony (2), Gervinho (2)

Japan: Honda, Okazaki

Greece: Samaris, Samaras

 

Group D

  

Costa Rica 0 England 0

 

Costa Rica

Navas, Gamboa, Díaz Campbell, Miller, Gonzalez, Duarte, Ruiz, Borges (Barrantes), Campbell (Ureña), Tejeda Valverde, Brenes (Bolaños)

Coach: Jorge Luís PINTO

Yellow card: Gonzalez

 

England

Foster, Jones, Shaw, Wilshere (Gerrard), Smalling, Cahill, Milner (Rooney), Lampard, Sturridge, Barkley, Lallana (Sterling)

Coach: Roy HODGSON

Yellow card: Barkley, Lallana

 

Ball possession: Costa Rica 44% England 56%

Shots/on target: Costa Rica 4/2 England 8/1

Corners: Costa Rica 3 England 7

Fouls committed: Costa Rica 18 England 16

 

 

 

Italy 0 Uruguay 1

           Godín 81

Italy

 

Buffon, Darmian, De Sciglio, Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, Verratti (Motta), Marchisio, Immobile (Cassano), Balotelli (Parolo), Pirlo

Coach: Cesare PRANDELLI

Yellow card: De Sciglio, Balotelli

Red card: Marchisio

 

Uruguay

 

Muslera, Cáceres, Pereira (Stuani), Arévalo Rios, Giménez, Godín, González, Lodeiro (Maxi Pereira), Suarez, Cavani, Rodríguez (Ramírez)

Coach: Oscar Washington TABAREZ

Yellow card: Muslera, Arévalo Rios

 

Ball possession: Italy 57% Uruguay 43%

Shots/on target: Italy 9/1 Uruguay 14/5

Corners: Italy 3 Uruguay 3

Fouls committed: Italy 19 Uruguay 19

 

  

Group D

Costa Rica 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7

Uruguay 2 0 1 4 4 0 6

Italy 1 0 2 2 3 -1 3

England 0 1 2 2 3 -1 1

 

Goal scorers

Costa Rica: Campbell, Duarte, Ureña, Ruiz

Uruguay: Cavani (pen), Suarez (2), Godín

England: Sturridge, Rooney

Italy: Marchisio, Balotelli

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knock-out stage (Last 16)

 

Brazil v. Chile

Mexico v.Netherlands

Colombia v. Uruguay

Costa Rica v. Greece

 


Author`s name
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey