Match information –

Date – 13^th November 2014

Time – 23:00 GMT

Venue – Estadio centenario

Uruguay again lost against Costa Rica in friendly match after FIFA world cup group round. In world cup match against Costa Rica, Uruguay super star Luiz Suarez can’t play and that’s why Uruguay claimed that it was a coincidence but Costa Rica proofed again that they are better then Uruguay for this time being. Uruguay and Costa Rica both played classic football on this match but the most crucial point of this match is that Costa Rica make 2 shots for goal, 2 shorts in target and score both which really amazing and should to understand that how much confident and clear attack they made. First goal of this match done by Alvaro Saborio on 44′ and the half time finished on 1 – 0. Just after 5 minutes of the 2nd half the Barca striker Luiz Suarez make the score level for Uruguay on 50′. Within few seconds Costa Rican forward Bryan Ruiz keep ahead Costa Rica again by 2 – 1. But the goals by Chema (64′) & Cavani (67′) probably ensure the win for Costa Rica. But in extra time 91′ goal by Johan venegas change the strategy of the game and make the score level 3 – 3.

Match goes to penalty and first shots of Costa Rica missed out but again both scored 4 – 4 on first 5 shots and after all match finished on Costa Rica 6 – 7 Uruguay.

Costa Rica 3 – 3 Uruguay – Highlights

44′ 1 – 0 Alvaro Saborio

50′ 1 – 1 Luiz Suarez

51′ 2 – 1 Bryan Ruiz

64′ 2 – 2 Chema

67′ 2 – 3 Cavani

90′ + 1′ 3 – 3 Johan Venegas

Watch the extended video of Costa Rica Vs Uruguay friendly match with penalty Highlights (Costa Rica 7 – 6 Uruguay) ..

Preview before the match –

Uruguay played very good in the world cups and defeated Italy and England. They lost to Colombia later on the cup. After that defeat they played 4 matches and they are still undefeated at the moment. It goes without saying that they are the favorites to win this match. Uruguay’s play has been so fine that they have dominated the field and both their offense and defense looked very solid and their co-ordination was very good as well. We will consider their last 5 matches only. In those matches they scored a total of 7 goals, kept clean sheets on all the matches they won. They conceded 3 goals, 2 of which came from their loss against Colombia. They had a draw against Saudi Arabia. Otherwise they were perfect.

Possible lineup –

Uruguay –

Suarez, Rolan, Rodriguez, Arrascaeta, Lodeiro, rios, Silva, godin, Gimenez, Pereira, Silva

Costa Rica –

Ramirez, Ruiz, Campbell, Venegas, Borges, Tejeda, Umana, Duarte, Diaz, Gamboa, Navas