Costa Rica manages to stand still despite playing with a 10 - man team, and triumphs over Greece on penalties 5 - 3 after ending up with a 1 - 1 tie.
Costa Rica took the lead on the second half of the match as captain Bryan Ruiz strikes with a left-footed shot through an assist by Christian Bolaños on the 52nd - minute mark.
The Central Americans seemed to be in trouble after Oscar Duarte was sent off from the field on the 66th - minute mark of the match after receiving his second yellow card because of a bad foul on Jose Holebas.
Greece had a hard time pushing through the defenses of Costa Rica, despite the team hampered as they played with a 10 - man team until the end of the match. However, their patience finally pays off as Sokratis Papastathopoulos equalizes the score with a right-footed shot on the 90th - minute mark.
Despite the additional 30 - minute extension on the match, both teams were still unable to score which led to a series of penalties between Costa Rica and Greece.
Celso Borges, Bryan Ruiz, Giancarlo Gonzales, Joel Campbell, and Michael Umaña secures penalties for Costa Rica, taking five points for the team. Keeper Keylor Navas also thwarts Theofanis Gekas to add a point for Greece while Kostas Mitroglou, Jose Holebas, and Lazaros Christodoulopoulos take three points for the team.
To the entire people in Costa Rica, those at home and out on the streets, this is for you," Costa Rica's Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto said in a report in ABC News. "This is a people that love football and they deserve it. ... We will continue fighting. We will go on. We see beautiful things."
With Costa Rica winning 5 - 3 through penalties, the team now advances to the quarterfinals as they face Netherlands at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador on Saturday.
