A confrontation between those who want to stop and those who want to break through!

The Defender vs. The attacker

Throughout the game, Serbia tried to break through the defense of Costa Rica through a side attack with Early Cross, but could not break through Costa Rica armed with a thorough a strong defense. Since Serbia replaced the coach in front of the World Cup, Costa Rica also tried to take advantage of Gamboa and Ruiz's quick counterattack play, both of which had no power advantage.

MLADEN KRSTAJIC(New coach from Serbia)

Gonzalez's Free Header in Costa Rica was missed on the 11 minutes, and Serbia's Savić in the 43 minutes also received a bicycle kick, but was caught offside.

Savić`s bicycle kick.

There was still a crisis in Costa Rica that was still defensive in the second half.

53 minutes Guzman's mistake brought Serbia free-kick and best goalkeeper Navas could not stop Kolarov's sharp free kick!

Kolarov made a free kick.

Costa Rica, who had been urged, changed aggressively with Bolaños and Campbell. It was up to Colin dresses around 72 minutes to reinforce the attack.

Bolaños and Campbell

But Serbia did not stop attacking either. In the 77 minutes, Serbia's cross pass was resolved by Navas.

Navas defended the cross pass.

Serbia's Mitrovic played hard in the first half, but failed to attack. Eventually, it was replaced by Preyovich at 88 minutes.

Eventually, the game was over and, as many predicted, Serbia had a win.