Uruguay's Diego Forlan reacts during World Cup soccer match between Uruguay and Costa Rica at the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza
Uruguay's Diego Forlan reacts when the half time whistle is blown during the 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match between Uruguay and Costa Rica at the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 BRAZIL

GROUP D RESULTS

QUALIFIED: COSTA RICA and URUGUAY

TEAMMPWDLGFGAPTS
COSTA RICA3210417
URUGUAY3201446
ITALY3102233
ENGLAND3012241

South American teams prevail once again as Costa Rica and Uruguay qualify from group D.

The virtual group of death which contained three former World Cup winners were caught by surprise when the team that has never won it ended up qualifying first. Costa Rica went into the last round of matches already guaranteed a place in the top 16 and were only fighting for the top position.

Italy needed only a draw to advance and t looked like they were going to manage it until late in the match when Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin found the back of the net in the 81st minute. The Italians held possession for most of the match but it only took one moment of brilliance and Godin sent Uruguay through making the tally of South American teams go up to five in the last 16. Italy were in control at the beginning of the match but everything started to fall apart when they found themselves down to 10 men when Claudio Marchisio was sent out.

Costa Rica and England ended in a drraw which was enough for Costa Rica to keep the top spot and did not help the England team to save face in rather disappointing campaign.

Full Match Results:

URUGUAY1-3COSTA RICA
ITALY0-1COSTA RICA
COSTA RICA0-0ENGLAND
URUGUAY1-3COSTA RICA
URUGUAY2-1ENGLAND
ITALY0-1URUGUAY
ENGLAND1-2ITALY
ITALY0-1COSTA RICA
ITALY0-1URUGUAY
ENGLAND1-2ITALY
URUGUAY2-1ENGLAND
COSTA RICA0-0ENGLAND

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