Francisco Calvo and Josimar Alcocer scored targets within the first seven minutes of the match to assist Costa Rica notch a 2-1 victory over Paraguay in Copa America Group D play on Tuesday night time at Austin, Texas.
Costa Rica goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira made a hand save within the third minute of second-half stoppage time to guard the victory.
Costa Rica (1-1-1, 4 factors) completed third within the group, one level behind Brazil. Paraguay got here in final.
Calvo struck within the third minute and Alcocer tallied within the seventh for Costa Rica.
Ramon Sosa scored for Paraguay (0-3-0, 0 factors), which was outscored 8-3 in pool play.
Paraguay had an opportunity to attract even close to the tip of the match after Kaku took a nook kick and despatched it towards the goalmouth. The ball glanced off the pinnacle of Paraguay’s Fabian Balbuena and landed on the toes of teammate Angel Romero, who rapidly kicked it, however Sequeira bought his proper fingers on the ball to stymie Paraguay.
Costa Rica took simply two photographs, and each went into the web.
Paraguay had 17 photographs and positioned six on track.
After being blanked in its first two Copa matches, Costa Rica rapidly ended the drought with two early targets.
Joseph Mora arrange the primary objective with a left-footed cross into the field. Calvo was in nice place and headed the ball into the web.
4 minutes later, Costa Rica made it 2-0 when Alcocer took an extended right-footed shot that beat Paraguay goalkeeper Rodrigo Morinigo.
Paraguay displayed life within the second half and at last bought on the board on Sosa’s objective within the fifty fifth minute. Sosa ripped a right-footed blast into the higher proper nook of the web.
9 minutes later, Julio Enciso delivered a tough right-footer from exterior the field, and Sequeira made the save.
Enciso additionally had a stable likelihood to attain within the first half, however his lengthy right-footed shot was saved by Sequeira.
–Area Degree Media