Costa Rica came from a goal down to beat Uruguay 3-1 in a huge World Cup upset Saturday as the Copa America champions suffered for the absence of star striker Luis Suarez.
After Edinson Cavani gave the South Americans the lead from the penalty spot in the first half, Costa Rica roared back with two goals in three minutes from Joel Campbell and Oscar Duarte.
With Liverpool star Suarez confined to the bench recovering from a knee injury, Costa Rica grabbed a third through substitute Marcos Urena to throw Group D, which also features England and Italy, wide open.
Uruguay’s Maxi Pereira was red-carded in injury time to compound his team’s misery.
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Uruguay had the ball in the net after 15 minutes but Diego Godin’s effort was rightly ruled out for offside.
German referee Felix Brych called it right again in the 22nd minute when defender Junior
Up stepped Paris Saint-Germain striker Cavani to calmly bury the penalty to the right of Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas. It was Cavani’s 22nd goal in 63 internationals…
Scorers for Costa Rica:
Joel Campbell 1
Oscar Duarte 1
Marco Urena 1
Scorers for Uruguay:
Edinson Cavani 1
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