Italy 0-1 Costa Rica · World Cup 2026
Italy lost to Costa Rica 0-1 in the World Cup 2026. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Italy and Costa Rica met in the World Cup 2026 on Friday, 20 June 2014.
Goalscorers
Italy did not score. Costa Rica: B. Ruiz 44'.
How the match went
The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Italy, 1 for Costa Rica).
Line-ups
Italy started in a 4-1-4-1: Gianluigi Buffon, Ignazio Abate, Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini, Matteo Darmian, Daniele De Rossi, Antonio Candreva, Thiago Motta, Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio, Mario Balotelli.
Costa Rica started in a 5-4-1: Keylor Navas, Cristian Gamboa, Óscar Duarte, Giancarlo González, Michael Umaña, Júnior Díaz, Bryan Ruiz, Celso Borges, Yeltsin Tejeda, Christian Bolaños, Joel Campbell.
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Minute by minute
- 44'Goal! Italy 0-1 Costa Rica. B. Ruiz (Costa Rica) scores, assisted by J. Díaz.
- 45'Half-time. Italy 0-1 Costa Rica.
- 90'Full-time. Italy 0-1 Costa Rica.
Full commentary (15 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Italy vs Costa Rica.
- 44'Goal! Italy 0-1 Costa Rica. B. Ruiz (Costa Rica) scores, assisted by J. Díaz.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Italy 0-1 Costa Rica.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Italy: A. Cassano comes on for T. Motta.
- 57'Substitution, Italy: L. Insigne comes on for A. Candreva.
- 68'Substitution, Costa Rica: J. Cubero comes on for Y. Tejeda.
- 69'Substitution, Italy: A. Cerci comes on for C. Marchisio.
- 69'Yellow card for M. Balotelli (Italy) for off the ball foul.
- 71'Yellow card for J. Cubero (Costa Rica).
- 74'Substitution, Costa Rica: M. Ureña comes on for J. Campbell.
- 81'Substitution, Costa Rica: R. Brenes comes on for B. Ruiz.
- 90'4 minutes of added time.
- 90'Full-time. Italy 0-1 Costa Rica.