S.P. Read Esq. Costa Rica v Greece

Our daily columnist and pundit S.P.Read Esq. previews COSTA RICA v GREECE (9pm).

COSTA EUREKA !!!!!!!!!!!

Costa Rica and Greece are both surprise packages in the last 16 of the World Cup and face each other tonight at Recife (9pm, LIVE BBC).

They have never met before so you can imagine there’s been plenty of frantic watching of past matches in the respective camps.

Greece have never progressed to this stage of the tournament before and Costa Rica were expected to fail at the Group stage against Italy, Uruguay and the might of England (yeah, right).

Greece finished second in Group C and are the only side left in the competition with a negative goal difference! Three from their last six games have finished 0-0.

Certainly, on paper, Costa Rica have achieved the most so far thanks to wins over Italy and Uruguay and a draw with England which saw them top Group D.

Costa Rica defender Michael Umana said : “To have qualified top of the group makes us proud. It gives us great satisfaction as a group. We have grown as a team although we have always been characterised by strong and silent work.”

Costa Rica are expected to name the same side that beat Italy in their second group game.

Greece have just had the one win so far, against Ivory Coast, then drew 0-0 with Japan and were beaten 3-0 against Colombia in their opening game.

A small loss on the bookings spread yesterday bought at 42 and make-up was 40.

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