Jorge Luis Pinto aims to prove his Group D leaders are crystalline and pure after Fifa slighted them by having seven drug tested following victory over Italy
The final movement in Englands slow motion Group D car crash was always meant to end up looking more like a sprint finish to the knockout stages. Instead, following the decisive defeats in Manaus and São Paulo, England have become little more than extras in one of the great World Cup stories of recent tournaments, a chance for Costa Rica to top the always a little unconvincingly named Group Of Champions and progress to the last 16 for only the second time.
In December, Los Ticos Colombian manager Jorge Luis Pinto was caught laughing on national television when England were drawn as the third and final former world champion to join his team at Brazil 2014. Whos laughing now? Well, still him actually.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago.
The final movement in Englands slow motion Group D car crash was always meant to end up looking more like a sprint finish to the knockout stages. Instead, following the decisive defeats in Manaus and São Paulo, England have become little more than extras in one of the great World Cup stories of recent tournaments, a chance for Costa Rica to top the always a little unconvincingly named Group Of Champions and progress to the last 16 for only the second time.
In December, Los Ticos Colombian manager Jorge Luis Pinto was caught laughing on national television when England were drawn as the third and final former world champion to join his team at Brazil 2014. Whos laughing now? Well, still him actually.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago.