Earlier today, Klaas Jan Huntelaar converted a penalty kick for the second-latest game-winning goal in regulation in World Cup history. In its last match, Greece scored the (now) third-latest game-winning goal in regulation on a Georgios Samaras penalty kick.
Ten minutes in here and Costa Rica are playing with urgency - they don't want to allow Greece to settle.
Ibrahim: Uruguay, Italy and England all thought they'd beat Costa Rica easily as well!
Costa Rica's defense leads this tournament in offsides drawn.
Giorgos Samaras shows great control to take down a long ball from defence, but he's flagged offside. Marginal, that one.
I remember Jurgen Klinsmann warning an English reporter about Costa Rica. We really should have paid more attention. Not that it mattered by then.
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos - I may call him Lazaros from now on - cuts in from the left and hits a low shot that flies a couple of yards wide of goal.
Nights like this, it really sinks in how poorly England performed. We're watching Greece and Costa Rica and 22 highly paid Premier League players have already unpacked their bags. One point. One stinking point. What a let down.
Mike, if Tom is even half the man I think he is, he's hotkeyed that badboy.
Eduardo, Costa Rica are pressing early on, but Greece are using the ball pretty well when they do actually gain possession.
Kostas Manolas goes in hard on Joel Campbell - I'm expecting to type that one many times!
Greece has only scored the opening goal once in its previous nine World Cup matches. That came last game vs. Ivory Coast, a 2-1 win.
Corner for Greece... close for Sokratis Papastathopoulos!
He gets his head to the ball, but glances it wide. That was a chance, and he knows it.
JC9 is right. You don't get points for being pretty, playing open football and getting spanked 8-0
JBirks? Immanuel Kant was a real ******* , who was very rarely stable? or the football match?
Júnior Díaz has to make a good defensive header to prevent a Greek attack - the Europeans are finding some joy down that right flank.
The trend continues, Costa Rica extends its tournament lead in offsides drawn. Greece was called off only once vs. Ivory Coast, already twice in the early going today.
Just to give you a feel of how Greece were approaching this World Cup - Sokratis Papastathopoulos set his wedding date for July 5 - the date of the QF if Greece win.
Greece, that little slip aside, are so efficient with the ball. It's as if they know they're not going to get much of it, so they're determined not to waste it.
Ioannis Maniatis drags down Bryan Ruiz on the break and is very fortunate to escape a booking.
Uh-oh. Mrs Papastathopoulos is going to be LIVID.
Earlier today, Klaas Jan Huntelaar converted a penalty kick for the second-latest game-winning goal in regulation in World Cup history. In its last match, Greece scored the (now) third-latest game-winning goal in regulation on a Georgios Samaras penalty kick.
