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FIFA World Cup 2018: Serbia beat Costa Rica 1-0

Aleksandar Kolarov's brilliant second-half free-kick gave Serbia ... Read More
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There goes the final whistle, Serbia get a vital win and three points95': Red card review for Aleksandar Prijovic but that is not to be

93': Nemanja Matic gets into a scuffle with the Costa Rican coaching staff outside the line

90': Five minutes of additional half, last chance for Costa Rica

89': Aleksandar Mitrovic is substituted by Aleksandar Prijovic

87': Costa Rica fighting hard for the equaliser but its not coming as Serbia are not giving away an inch

75': Sergej Milinkovic shoots just from the front but it goes way over the goal post

73': David Guzman is substituted by Daniel Colindres

72': Campbell takes a free kick but the Serbian defenders fend it off

67': Marcos Urena is substituted by Joel Campbell

55': David Guzman gets a yellow card for a rough tackle and Serbia get the free kick and Aleksandar Kolarov's hit goes straight into the Costa Rican goal

54': Lovely cross from Aleksandar Kolarov but it is cleared by a Costa Rican defender

51': Aleksandar Mitrovic gets a pass from the deep and he does everything right except the finish that is thwarted by Keylor Navas

And the second half gets underway

Half-time and it's Costa Rica 0-0 Serbia

45': Two minutes of additional time in the first half

43': Francisco Calvo shoots in from the front but his shot goes wide of the Serbian goal

40': Corner for Costa Rica but the Serbian defenders fend it off easily

39': Marcos Urena gets a shot at the Serbian goal but his fierce kick goes over the post

37': Johnny Acosta gets in a nasty collision with Dusko Tosic, goes off the field for a while but is back

36': Serbia get a free kick from the corner but the Costa Rican are up to it and are successful in clearing the ball

28': Dusan Tadic gets a superb pass and he shoots but the Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas dives to his left to make a fine save but the off-side flag had been raised

22': Yellow card for Francisco Calvo of Costa Rica for a rough tackle

18': Free kick for Serbia but it is cleared by the Costa Rican defenders

13': Mitrovic gets a chance close up, he kicks it hard but his shot is reflected into the hands of the Costa Rican goalkeeper

12': Gonzalez gets a fine cross from across but his header goes over the Serbian goal

3": Giancarlo Gonzalez heads straight into the hands of the Serbia goalkeeper. Yard either side and it would have been interesting

1": Corner straightaway for Costa Rica, that was a close shave

Here we go... KICK-OFF TIME

The Starting XIs:



Starting XIs:
Costa Rica: Keylor Navas, Johnny Acosta, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Oscar Duarte, Francisco Calvo, Cristian Gamboa, Celso Borges, Bryan Ruiz, David Guzman, Johan Venegas, Marcos Urena.

Coach: Oscar Ramirez.

Serbia: Vladimir Stojkovic, Dusko Tosic, Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov, Nikola Milenkovic, Luka Milivojevic, Dusan Tadic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Nemanja Matic, Adem Ljajic, Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Coach: Mladen Krstajic.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Group E match between Costa Rica and Serbia at the Samara Arena, Samara. The match starts at 17:30 IST.



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