Date: June 24, 2014
Final Score: England: 0 Costa Rica: 0
England: Foster, Jones, Smalling, Cahill, Shaw, Lampard, Wilshere (Gerrard 73), Milner (Rooney 76), Barkley, Lallana (Sterling 62), Sturridge.
Subs: Hart, Johnson, Jagielka, Welbeck, Henderson, Lambert, Sterling, Baines, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Forster.
Costa Rica: Navas, Gamboa, Duarte, Gonzalez, Miller, Diaz, Ruiz, Borges (Barrantes 78), Tejeda, Brenes (Bolanos 59), Campbell (Urena 65).
Subs: Pemberton, Acosta, Umana, Myrie, Francis, Granados, Calvo, Cubero, Cambronero.
Analysis: With Costa Rica beating Italy, England had already been eliminated from the World Cup before this game started. This gave manager Roy Hodgson a chance to play his young players and give them a taste of World Cup Football. The youngsters grabbed the chance as 18 year old Luke Shaw earned the Man of the Match Award. England had a few good chances but unfortunately failed to put them away leading to a disappointing 0-0 draw to end the tournament. Once again, England have failed in yet another big tournament which now leaves big questions as to whether this team is even capable of ever challenging for a major tournament. I think the problem this tournament was mainly the defending. Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill did not show why they deserve to be England's starting center backs after making more than a few mistakes during the course of the tournament. The strikers were ok but both Rooney and Sturridge need to work on their finishing as both missed good chances which ultimately cost England. From here on forward, England have to look on to the Euro 2016 and hope they can develop some youth talent and hopefully play well there.
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