Costa Rica holds England to finish tops

Costa Rica finished first in what many considered the World Cup’s toughest group after a 0-0 draw against a second-string England side on Tuesday.
Costa Rica only needed a draw to top Group D and played that way, setting up in a defensive 5-3-2 formation.
The result gives Costa Rica its best World Cup performance, winning a group that contained former three world champions.
While Los Ticos reached the knockout stages in 1990, they finished second in a weaker group.
Costa Rica will play the runner-up in Group C in the second round.
“We will have to keep fighting,” Costa Rica Coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, said. “Whatever happens, we are willing to fight.”
England lost its first two matches to Italy and Uruguay, while Costa Rica surprisingly won its first two.
Uruguay also advanced from the group after beating Italy 1-0.
“It wasn’t the death group after all at least not for us,” Pinto said.
He dedicated the qualification to “those who believed in us and those who didn’t”.
“People started believing after the game against Italy,” he added.
England had already been eliminated and will go home without a win after striker Daniel Sturridge missed a number of chances throughout the match.