FIFA World Cup

FT Sunday, June 17, 2018
Serbia DLWLW 1
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Costa Rica WLWLL 0
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Solidarnost Samara Arena · 41,432 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Aleksandar Kolarov free kick gives Serbia win over Costa Rica

Superb strike enough for 1-0 win over Costa Rica in scrappy match at the Samara Arena.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
50
Possession
50
10
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
323
Accurate Passes
361
417
Passes
451
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
72
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
11
25
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
10
22
Effective Clearances
18
22
Clearances
18

Lineups

CRC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-L
  4. 2Johnny AcostaCD-R
  5. 20David GuzmánCM-L
  6. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  7. 15Francisco CalvoLM
  8. 16Cristian GamboaRM
  9. 21Marco UreñaF
  10. 11Johan VenegasCF-L
  11. 10Bryan RuizCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Christian BolañosSUB
  2. 4Ian SmithSUB
  3. 23Leonel MoreiraSUB
  4. 8Bryan OviedoSUB
  5. 19Kendall WastonSUB
  6. 22Kenner GutiérrezSUB
  7. 9Daniel ColindresSUB
  8. 18Patrick PembertonSUB
  9. 14Randall AzofeifaSUB
  10. 13Rodney WallaceSUB
  11. 12Joel CampbellSUB
  12. 17Yeltsin TejedaSUB

SRB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 3Dusko TosicCD-L
  3. 15Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 6Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 20Sergej Milinkovic-SavicAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 4Luka MilivojevicRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 22Adem LjajicAM-L
  11. 10Dusan TadicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Aleksandar PrijovicSUB
  2. 7Andrija ZivkovicSUB
  3. 13Milos VeljkovicSUB
  4. 5Uros SpajicSUB
  5. 14Milan RodicSUB
  6. 2Antonio RukavinaSUB
  7. 19Luka JovicSUB
  8. 16Marko GrujicSUB
  9. 18Nemanja RadonjicSUB
  10. 17Filip KosticSUB
  11. 23Marko DmitrovicSUB
  12. 12Predrag RajkovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 56' David Guzmán (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Goal! Costa Rica 0, Serbia 1. Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 59' Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Substitution, Costa Rica. Christian Bolaños replaces Johan Venegas.
  6. 67' Substitution, Costa Rica. Joel Campbell replaces Marco Ureña.
  7. 70' Substitution, Serbia. Filip Kostic replaces Adem Ljajic.
  8. 73' Substitution, Costa Rica. Daniel Colindres replaces David Guzmán.
  9. 83' Substitution, Serbia. Antonio Rukavina replaces Dusan Tadic.
  10. 90' Substitution, Serbia. Aleksandar Prijovic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  11. 90'+7' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Filip Kostic (Serbia).
  12. 90'+8' Aleksandar Prijovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.

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