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COSTA RICA vs TURKEY

Match Report below

Match Stats: -

Man of the match: Emre Belozoglu (Turkey)

Teams:

Costa Rica:
                 1-Erick Lonnis 
               15-Harold Wallace (16-Steven Bryce 77) 
                 3-Luis Marin 
                 4-Mauricio Wright 
                 5-Gilberto Martinez 
               22-Carlos Castro 
                 6-Wilmer Lopez (12-Winston Parks 77) 
                 8-Mauricio Solis 
               10-Walter Centeno (17-Hernan Medford 66) 
                 9-Paulo Wanchope 
               11-Ronald Gomez

Turkey:
                1-Rustu Recber 
                4-Fatih Akyel
              16-Umit Ozat
                2-Emre Asik
              18-Ergun Penbe
              22-Umit Davala 
                8-Tugay Kerimoglu (6-Arif Erdem 88) 
              10-Yildiray Basturk (15-Nihat Kahveci 79) 
              21-Emre Belozoglu 
              11-Hasan Sas 
                9-Hakan Sukur (17-Ilhan Mansiz 75)

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Linesmen: Dramane Dante (Mali) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe)

Match Report: -

A deserved point for Costa Rica as they attacked and attacked in such of an equaliser to make up for the Turks goal that they scored 11 minutes after half time.

It was an even match before halftime as both sides attacked and defended well, though no side could force the breakthrough. Finally the Turks did find a way through the defense when Emre Belozoglu broke free to score the opening goal.

The Costa Ricans soon found their feet again as they went looking for the equaliser, and to help this, the manager brought on Winston Parks who happened to be in the right place at the right time, when the ball was clipped over the keepers head across the 6 yard box, a tumble between the striker and defender and waiting at the back post was Parks as he ran in and blasted his shot into an empty net. Thoroughly deserved and this has now left the Costa Ricans still in a good position for progressing to the next round.