Costa Rica are spot on as dream run continues
Costa Rica are through to their first ever World Cup quarter-final after recovering from a second-half red card, a late Greece leveller and an extra-time barrage to progress on penalties.
Los Ticos have been the tournament's surprise package in Brazil, overcoming Uruguay and Italy before holding England to a goalless draw as they won Group D.
That dream run continued in Recife last night as they rode their luck against Greece to win a tense clash at the Arena Pernambuco, triumphing 5-3 on penalties to set-up a quarter-final showdown against the Netherlands.
The Central Americans went into the match in the unusual role as favourites and looked to be wilting under the pressure, with only an exquisite stop by goalkeeper Keylor Navas stopping Dimitris Salpingidis from giving Greece a first-half lead.
Los Ticos were struggling to replicate the form they had shown in the group stage but managed to open the scoring with their first effort on target, as Fulham's Bryan Ruiz directed home in the 52nd minute.
Costa Rica should have had a penalty soon after and were reduced to 10 men after 66 minutes, with Oscar Duarte's sending off eventually telling in stoppage-time as Sokratis Papastathopoulos struck to take the match into extra-time.
