2014 FIFA World Cup Group D

2014 FIFA World Cup Group D consisted of Uruguay, Costa Rica, England and Italy. This was the only group to contain more than one previous winner of the World Cup, as there were three previous winners. It was also the only group with three top 10 FIFA World Ranking teams as of October 2013 (ranking date for final draw) and at the start of the competition. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014.

Costa Rica topped the group undefeated, despite being considered underdogs and expected to finish last in a group containing three former winners of the competition. Two of them, England and Italy, were eliminated, while the third, Uruguay, advanced in second place.

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
October 2013[nb 1] June 2014 August 2014 October 2019
D1 (seed) UruguayCONMEBOLCONMEBOLAFC vs CONMEBOL play-off winners20 November 201312th2010Winners (1930, 1950)6765
D2 Costa RicaCONCACAFCONCACAF Fourth Round 2nd runners-up10 September 20134th2006Round of 16 (1990)31281547
D3 EnglandUEFAUEFA Group H winners15 October 201314th2010Winners (1966)1010204
D4 ItalyUEFAUEFA Group B winners10 September 201318th2010Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)991415
Notes
  1. The rankings of October 2013 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 3
4  England 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Matches

Uruguay vs Costa Rica

Instant before Marco Ureña's goal

The two teams had met in 10 previous matches, most recently in 2009 in the CONCACAF – CONMEBOL play-off, won by Uruguay 2–1 on aggregate to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Uruguay led the game 1–0 at half time, through an Edinson Cavani penalty after Diego Lugano was pulled down in the box by Júnior Díaz. Keylor Navas prevented Uruguay's lead from doubling by tipping over Diego Forlán's shot. In the second half, Joel Campbell equalised with a low shot to the right corner when the ball fell to him in the box after a deep cross from Cristian Gamboa on the right. Soon afterwards, Costa Rica went into the lead when Óscar Duarte scored with a low diving header to the right corner after a free kick from Christian Bolaños.[2] A pass from Campbell allowed substitute Marco Ureña to make it 3–1 with a low shot from a tight angle on the right, and in injury time Maxi Pereira was given a straight red card for a kick at Campbell.[3]

It was the first time Costa Rica scored three goals in a World Cup match,[4] and also the first time that Uruguay lost to a non-South American or non-European country in the World Cup.

Uruguay 1–3 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 58,679
Uruguay
Costa Rica
GK1Fernando Muslera
RB16Maxi Pereira 90+4'
CB2Diego Lugano (c) 50'
CB3Diego Godín
LB22Martín Cáceres 81'
RM11Christian Stuani
CM17Egidio Arévalo
CM5Walter Gargano 56' 60'
LM7Cristian Rodríguez 76'
CF10Diego Forlán 60'
CF21Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
MF14Nicolás Lodeiro 60'
MF20Álvaro González 60'
FW8Abel Hernández 76'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
GK1Keylor Navas
CB6Óscar Duarte
CB3Giancarlo González
CB4Michael Umaña
RWB16Cristian Gamboa
LWB15Júnior Díaz
CM5Celso Borges
CM17Yeltsin Tejeda 75'
AM10Bryan Ruiz (c) 83'
AM7Christian Bolaños 89'
CF9Joel Campbell
Substitutions:
MF22José Miguel Cubero 75'
FW21Marco Ureña 83'
MF11Michael Barrantes 89'
Manager:
Jorge Luis Pinto

Man of the Match:
Joel Campbell (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
Fifth official:
Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)

England vs Italy

The two teams had met in 24 previous matches, including in the 1990 FIFA World Cup third place match, won by Italy 2–1.[6] Their most recent competitive meeting was in the UEFA Euro 2012 quarter-finals, won by Italy on penalties after a scoreless draw.

Italy went ahead first, when from a short corner, Andrea Pirlo dummied Marco Verratti's pass, and Claudio Marchisio scored with a low right footed shot from outside the penalty box.[7] England quickly equalised through a close-range Daniel Sturridge goal from a Wayne Rooney cross from the left. The scores were level at 1–1 at half time, but Mario Balotelli headed Italy's winner from close range five minutes after play resumed from a cross by Antonio Candreva on the right.[8]

The England physiotherapist Gary Lewin was stretchered off with a dislocated ankle suffered in the celebrations for England's goal, which ruled him out for the rest of the World Cup.[9]

England 1–2 Italy
Report
England
Italy
GK1Joe Hart
RB2Glen Johnson
CB5Gary Cahill
CB6Phil Jagielka
LB3Leighton Baines
CM4Steven Gerrard (c)
CM14Jordan Henderson 73'
RW11Danny Welbeck 61'
AM19Raheem Sterling 90+2'
LW10Wayne Rooney
CF9Daniel Sturridge 80'
Substitutions:
MF21Ross Barkley 61'
MF7Jack Wilshere 73'
MF20Adam Lallana 80'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson
GK12Salvatore Sirigu
RB4Matteo Darmian
CB15Andrea Barzagli
CB20Gabriel Paletta
LB3Giorgio Chiellini
RM8Claudio Marchisio
CM16Daniele De Rossi
LM23Marco Verratti 57'
AM21Andrea Pirlo (c)
SS6Antonio Candreva 79'
CF9Mario Balotelli 73'
Substitutions:
MF5Thiago Motta 57'
FW17Ciro Immobile 73'
MF18Marco Parolo 79'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match:
Mario Balotelli (Italy)

Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Walter López (Guatemala)
Fifth official:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

Uruguay vs England

Suárez celebrating one of his goals

The two teams had met in ten previous matches, including twice in the FIFA World Cup (1954, quarter-finals: Uruguay 4–2 England; 1966, group stage: Uruguay 0–0 England).[10] Uruguay defender Maxi Pereira was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's match against Costa Rica.[11]

Uruguay took the lead in the first half, the goal headed in by Luis Suárez from a cross by Edinson Cavani on the left.[12] England equalised in the second half, when Wayne Rooney scored his first World Cup goal with a tap-in from a cross by Glen Johnson from the right. Suárez later secured Uruguay's victory, receiving the ball from goalkeeper Fernando Muslera's clearance which flicked off Steven Gerrard, and shot home his second goal of the match powerfully with his right foot.[13]

This was the first time that England lost three World Cup matches in a row, dating back to England's loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup round of 16.

Uruguay 2–1 England
Report
Uruguay
England
GK1Fernando Muslera
RB22Martín Cáceres
CB13José Giménez
CB3Diego Godín (c) 9'
LB6Álvaro Pereira
CM20Álvaro González 79'
CM17Egidio Arévalo
CM7Cristian Rodríguez
AM14Nicolás Lodeiro 67'
CF9Luis Suárez 88'
CF21Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
FW11Christian Stuani 67'
DF4Jorge Fucile 79'
DF19Sebastián Coates 88'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
GK1Joe Hart
RB2Glen Johnson
CB5Gary Cahill
CB6Phil Jagielka
LB3Leighton Baines
CM4Steven Gerrard (c) 68'
CM14Jordan Henderson 87'
RW19Raheem Sterling 64'
AM10Wayne Rooney
LW11Danny Welbeck 71'
CF9Daniel Sturridge
Substitutions:
MF21Ross Barkley 64'
MF20Adam Lallana 71'
FW18Rickie Lambert 87'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

Man of the Match:
Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

Assistant referees:
Roberto Alonso (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste (Spain)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

Italy vs Costa Rica

The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1994.[14]

Mario Balotelli had Italy's best chance in the first half, lobbing the ball wide from inside the penalty area. Late in the first half, Joel Campbell had a clear penalty appeal denied, but Costa Rica nevertheless took the lead within a minute, as Júnior Díaz crossed from the left for Bryan Ruiz to head the ball onto the crossbar and over the line from close range.[15] Costa Rica was able to hold on for the win in the second half, ensuring their qualification for the knockout stage, their first since 1990, while simultaneously ensuring England's group stage exit, their first since 1958.[16]

Costa Rica became the second country to beat two World Cup champions in the group stage of one tournament, the other being Denmark, who had done it twice in 1986 (Uruguay and West Germany) and 2002 (Uruguay and France). Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon appeared in his fourth World Cup (he was also in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but did not appear in any match), the fifth Italian player to do so.[17]

Italy 0–1 Costa Rica
Report
Italy
Costa Rica
GK1Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB4Matteo Darmian
CB15Andrea Barzagli
CB3Giorgio Chiellini
LB7Ignazio Abate
DM16Daniele De Rossi
CM21Andrea Pirlo
CM5Thiago Motta 46'
RW6Antonio Candreva 57'
LW8Claudio Marchisio 69'
CF9Mario Balotelli 69'
Substitutions:
FW10Antonio Cassano 46'
FW22Lorenzo Insigne 57'
FW11Alessio Cerci 69'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli
GK1Keylor Navas
SW3Giancarlo González
RB16Cristian Gamboa
CB6Óscar Duarte
CB4Michael Umaña
LB15Júnior Díaz
CM5Celso Borges
CM17Yeltsin Tejeda 68'
RW10Bryan Ruiz (c) 81'
LW7Christian Bolaños
CF9Joel Campbell 74'
Substitutions:
MF22José Miguel Cubero 71' 68'
FW21Marco Ureña 74'
FW14Randall Brenes 81'
Manager:
Jorge Luis Pinto

Man of the Match:
Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Sergio Román (Chile)
Fourth official:
Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Fifth official:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)

Italy vs Uruguay

The Uruguayan goalkeepers (L–R) Fernando Muslera, Rodrigo Muñoz, and Martín Silva celebrating after the match

The two teams had met in eight previous matches, including twice in the FIFA World Cup (1970, group stage: Italy 0–0 Uruguay; 1990, round of 16: Italy 2–0 Uruguay). Their most recent meeting was in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup third place match, won by Italy 3–2 on penalties (2–2 draw after extra time).[18]

After a goalless first half, Italy were reduced to 10 men in the second half when Claudio Marchisio was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Egidio Arévalo. The only goal of the game came when Uruguay's Gastón Ramírez delivered a corner from the right which Diego Godín rose to head with the ball going in off his back.[19] Uruguay's win qualified them for the knockout stage as the group runners-up, and eliminated Italy from the tournament; this marked the second consecutive time that Italy had been eliminated at the group stage.[20][21][22]

Suárez bite

Around the 79th minute, Uruguay forward Luis Suárez bit the left shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Chiellini showed the bite marks to Mexican referee Marco Rodríguez, who missed the incident. As the Italian players protested to the referee for not penalising Suárez, Uruguay won a corner and Godín scored.[22][20][21] In the 84th minute, a member of the Italian coaching staff was dismissed from the bench by the referee after an altercation with his Uruguayan counterparts.[23] After the biting incident, Suárez claimed that he "had contact with [Chiellini's] shoulder, nothing more" and that "these things happen".[20][21][22]

On the same day of the match, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Suárez regarding the biting incident.[24] During the proceedings, FIFA confirmed that Suárez's previous two bans due to biting incidents (seven games for biting Otman Bakkal while playing for Ajax and 10 games for biting Branislav Ivanović while playing for Liverpool) would be taken into account.[25] Two days after the match, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned Suárez for nine international matches, effective immediately, meaning he would take no further part in the World Cup. It was the longest such ban in World Cup history, exceeding the eight-match ban handed to Italy's Mauro Tassotti for breaking the nose of Spain's Luis Enrique at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[26][27][28] He was also banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months and fined CHF100,000 (approx. £65,700/82,000/US$119,000).[29][26][27] The verdict would not prevent Suárez from transferring to another club.[30] Suárez later admitted that he had bitten Chiellini and formally apologised, while writing that the "physical result of a bite" occurred in a collision with Chiellini.[31][32] On 3 July, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) appealed against the decision to FIFA,[33][34] but it was rejected on 10 July.[35][36][37] After an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Suárez was later allowed to participate in training and friendly matches with new club Barcelona.[38]

Italy 0–1 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 39,706
Italy
Uruguay
GK1Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB15Andrea Barzagli
CB19Leonardo Bonucci
CB3Giorgio Chiellini
RM4Matteo Darmian
CM23Marco Verratti 75'
CM8Claudio Marchisio 59'
LM2Mattia De Sciglio 77'
AM21Andrea Pirlo
SS17Ciro Immobile 71'
CF9Mario Balotelli 22' 46'
Substitutions:
MF18Marco Parolo 46'
FW10Antonio Cassano 71'
MF5Thiago Motta 75'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli
GK1Fernando Muslera 90+1'
RB22Martín Cáceres
CB13José Giménez
CB3Diego Godín (c)
LB6Álvaro Pereira 63'
RM20Álvaro González
CM17Egidio Arévalo 46'
LM7Cristian Rodríguez 78'
AM14Nicolás Lodeiro 46'
CF9Luis Suárez
CF21Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
DF16Maxi Pereira 46'
FW11Christian Stuani 63'
MF18Gastón Ramírez 78'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Marcos Quintero (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Fifth official:
Mark Hurd (United States)

Costa Rica vs England

Take of a corner kick for England during the match

The two teams had never met before.[39]

As England could no longer advance to the knockout stage, their manager Roy Hodgson made nine changes to the starting line-up with Frank Lampard captaining the side. The match finished goalless, and the draw was enough to confirm Costa Rica, which had already sealed their place in the knockout stage, as the group winners with seven points after three matches.[40]

This was England's 11th goalless draw in World Cup history, more than any other team.[41][42]

Costa Rica 0–0 England
Report
Costa Rica
England
GK1Keylor Navas
SW3Giancarlo González 60'
CB6Óscar Duarte
CB19Roy Miller
RWB16Cristian Gamboa
LWB15Júnior Díaz
DM5Celso Borges 78'
CM10Bryan Ruiz (c)
CM17Yeltsin Tejeda
SS14Randall Brenes 59'
CF9Joel Campbell 65'
Substitutions:
MF7Christian Bolaños 59'
FW21Marco Ureña 65'
MF11Michael Barrantes 78'
Manager:
Jorge Luis Pinto
GK13Ben Foster
RB16Phil Jones
CB5Gary Cahill
CB12Chris Smalling
LB23Luke Shaw
CM8Frank Lampard (c)
CM7Jack Wilshere 73'
RW17James Milner 76'
AM21Ross Barkley 53'
LW20Adam Lallana 57' 62'
CF9Daniel Sturridge
Substitutions:
MF19Raheem Sterling 62'
MF4Steven Gerrard 73'
FW10Wayne Rooney 76'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

Man of the Match:
Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Rédouane Achik (Morocco)
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

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