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title: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage text: into the net from seven yards out after Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas had saved an initial shot from Theofanis Gekas. No goals were scored in extra time, and the match went to a penalty shoot-out. During the intermission before the penalty shoot-out, the Greek coach Fernando Santos was sent off following a dispute with the referee. In the penalty shoot-out, Navas saved Gekas' shot before Michael Umaña scored the winning penalty for Costa Rica hitting it high to the goalkeeper's right. This marked the first time that Costa Rica progressed to the quarter-finals in a FIFA World Cup, where title: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage text: Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen. Higuaín had a chance to extend the lead in the second half, but his shot hit the crossbar. Argentina won 1–0 to advance to the semi-finals, where they would face the Netherlands. <section begin=j3 /><section end=j3 /> The two teams had never met before. This was the first time Costa Rica had reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Costa Rica defender Óscar Duarte was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the round of 16 match against Greece. After a goalless 90 minutes, which saw Wesley Sneijder's free kick hit the post and title: Costa Rica national football team results (2014) text: myself [in the balls]". Costa Rica topped the group undefeated after beating both Uruguay and Italy, finishing with a draw against England. The "Ticos" would defeat Greece in the Round of 16 throughout the penalty shootouts. Costa Rica was then eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals again in the penalty shootouts. After the World Cup, Jorge Luis Pinto resigned as the coach of the national team, denouncing that a member of his coaching staff requested his sacking. Paulo Wanchope assumed as the interim coach of the team, only to be confirmed in the charge in January 2015. With Wanchope title: Costa Rica national football team text: 2014 FIFA World Cup, with two games to spare. After a 1–0 loss at Honduras and 2–1 win over Mexico in October, Costa Rica finished second in the final CONCACAF qualifying round table behind the United States, with five home wins, three draws and two losses. In December 2013, Costa Rica was drawn in Group D against Italy, England, and Uruguay. Costa Rica were widely perceived as minnows who had no hope in a group against three former World Cup champion nations. They were given extremely unlikely odds of 2500 to 1 to win the tournament. Amazingly, they ended up title: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D text: to him in the box after a deep cross from Cristian Gamboa. Soon afterwards, Costa Rica went into the lead when Óscar Duarte headed in a free kick from Christian Bolaños. A pass from Campbell allowed substitute Marco Ureña to make it 3–1 from a tight angle on the right, and in injury time Maxi Pereira was given a straight red card for a kick at Campbell. It was the first time Costa Rica scored three goals in a World Cup match, and also the first time Uruguay lost to a non-South American or non-European country in the World Cup.