In the city of Recife, at the Arena Pernambuco stadium, another football match of the World Cup in Brazil was held, in which the leaders of Group D met. The national team of Italy and Costa Rica played a game between themselves on June 20.
Italy in the debut of the meeting proved to be one of the worst teams in the world championship. For the first five minutes, the Italians could only run after the ball, which was in the possession of the Costa Rican players. The first dangerous moments arose at the gates of the same European team. Dangerous corners of Costa Ricans pretty tickled the nerves of fans of the "squadra azura". The Italians themselves, before the mid-half, never hit the goal at all. However, they were able to carry out a dangerous attack. Pirlo's ingenious pass brought Supermario to the gate, but the dark-skinned striker misbehaved the moment - throwing the goalkeeper, Balotelli poked the sports equipment away from the gate. Mario soon had another moment. He shot dangerously from the line of the penalty, but the goalkeeper parried the blow.
Costa Rica's players continued to oppress the Italians' defense, with enviable consistency punching on goal. At the end of the half, after a mistake by Kelini and an obvious violation of the rules by the last in the penalty area of the Italians, the referee was obliged to appoint a penalty. But the Chilean referee pardoned Italy. However, justice prevailed - on 44 minutes after the flank canopy, Brian Ruiz sent the ball with his head into the goal of Italy. The first half ended just like that - with a minimal advantage of the Costa Ricans.
In the second half of the meeting, active actions were expected from the reigning vice-champions of Europe. But the latter did not create a single moment. Even the replacements did not help. Costa Rican players fought on every part of the field, which led to total losses of the ball for the Italian players.
The natural outcome of the match is another World Cup sensation. Costa Rica is beating Italy and securing a place in the playoffs. The Italian needs to try not to lose to Uruguay in the last round to continue fighting in the tournament.
Italy again makes its fans nervous and calculate the possible goal difference. Now the reigning vice-champions of Europe and the reigning champions of South America have three points each. In a personal meeting of these rivals, the fate of the second place in the playoffs from Group D will be decided. However, it must be admitted that with such a game, Italy does not have a chance. The Italians' fans can only hope that the match under review was a one-off gruesome failure.
