Heartbreak for Costa Rica tonight when they went down 2-0 to Brazil after holding their fort intact for the full ninety minutes of their 2018 Fifa World Cup match.
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The Central American side put out a resolute performance to held Neymar & co. at bay and even survive a penalty decision when Dutch referee, Bjorn Kuipers had judged that Neymar had been pulled down in the penalty area by a Costa Rica defender.
However it was later rescinded by the referee after watching the replay of the incident on video at the review area and instead awarded a free kick to Óscar Ramírez’s side.
Real Madrid goalkeeper, Keylor Navas was inevitably the busier goalkeeper as Brazil peppered his goal with shots from the first whistle.
Having drawn their opening match against Switzerland, Brazil needed to win and they went all out to ensure all three points would come their way.
However, they came up against a Costa Rica side determined not to go home early, having lost their opening match against Serbia 1-0 in a match played at the Cosmos Arena in Samara.
Navas did what was required and he and his team-mates were six minutes away from picking up their first point as the match entered stoppage time.
A cross from Marcelo into the box was headed down by Roberto Firmino and Neymar tried to control it. However, Philippe Coutinho made a darting run into the box and slotted it between Navas legs much to the delight of all Brazillians around the world.
Then as the stoppage time entered it’s seventh minute, Gabriel Jesus who had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half laid the ball for Neymar to score his first goal of the tournament and seal all three points for the South Americans side.
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