Netherlands vs Costa Rica Live Score, Video Highlights: Netherlands Progresses to Semi Final, Costa Rica are Eliminated From World Cup 2014

The quarter final match between Netherlands and Costa Rica is under way.
7/5/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

The quarter final match between Netherlands and Costa Rica is under way.

Netherlands and Costa Rica are 0-0 after extra time, and went to penalties.

Louis van Gaal took off Jasper Cillessen and put on Tim Krul for penalties.

Netherlands ended up winning 4-3 on penalties, courtesy of two Tim Krul saves.

Check out the highlights below, and an AP match report after that.

See Keylor Navas’ highlights here.

See the penalty shootout article here.

Wesley Sneijder made a free kick in the 81st minute, but it hit the bar.

Two minutes into extra time, the Netherlands players failed to put the ball into the net after a goal mouth scramble.

 

 

Netherlands Beats Costa Rica in Penalty Shootout

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Tim Krul came on as a substitute in the final minute of extra time and then saved two penalties in a 4-3 shootout victory over Costa Rica on Saturday, giving the Netherlands a spot in the World Cup semifinals.

The Newcastle goalkeeper saved spot kicks from Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz and Michael Umana after the match had finished 0-0.

The Dutch team will next face Argentina in the semifinals on Wednesday in Sao Paulo.

In another stroke of tactical genius at this year’s World Cup, Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal pulled Jasper Cillessen moments after the Ajax goalkeeper had kept his team in the match by saving a shot from Marcos Urena in extra time.

Krul looked super confident during the shootout, saving the second and fifth penalties.

When Krul stopped Ruiz’s penalty, Cillessen, watching from the sideline, punched the air in celebration.

Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas had kept his team in the match with a string of saves in the first half and again in extra time. When Wesley Sneijder twice beat him late in regulation and again in the second half of extra time, the woodwork made the stop.

Sneijder hit the post with a free kick in the 80th minute and sent a curling shot over Navas and off the crossbar before the penalty shootout.

At the end, however, Navas could not stop any of the four Dutch penalties as Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben, Sneijder and Dirk Kuyt all scored.

 

Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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