Friday, June 20, 2014

Bryan Ruiz 44' Goal v. Italy

I missed this goal in its moment, but have watched it more than once later. Junior Díaz put a long cross in from beyond the box and Bryan Ruiz caught the ball with a beautiful header that caught the crossbar and bounced in over the line. Costa Rica, statistically placed to be the whipping boy of this group, the only country in the group without a prior World Cup championship, is poised to go through on top of this group.
It's also important to note that they have for goals from for different goal scorers, none of which is Junior Díaz, the only of their outfield players who pays in a major world league.
This leaves us with this tally in the race for the golden boot:
Müller Germany 3
Robben Netherlands 3
v. Persie Netherlands 3
Neymar Brazil 2
Benzema France 2
Mandžukić Croatia 2
Cahill Australia 2
J. Rodríguez Colombia 2
Gervinho Ivory Coast 2
Suarez Uruguay 2
Balotelli Italy 1
Marchisio Italy 1
Sturridge England 1
Cavani Uruguay 1
Campbell Costa Rica 1
Duarte Costa Rica 1
Ureña Costa Rica 1
Armero Colombia 1
T. Gutiérrez Colombia 1
de Vrij Netherlands1
X. Alonso Spain 1
Oscar Brazil 1
O. Peralta Mexico 1
Al. Sánchez Chile 1
Valdívia Chile 1
Beausejour Chile 1
D. Mertens Belgium 1
Fellaini Belgium 1
Feghouli Algeria 1
A. Kerzhak Russia 1
Lee K. Korea 1
Hummels Germany 1
Brooks USA 1
Dempsey USA 1
A. Ayew Ghana 1
Ibišević B&H 1
Messi Argentina 1
Kolašinac Argentina 1
Valladares France 1
Seferović Switzerland 1
Mehmedi Switzerland 1
Valencia Ecuador 1
K. Honda Japan 1
Bony Ivory Coast 1
Depay Netherlands 1
Olić Croatia 1
Aránguiz Chile 1
Vargas Chile 1
Perišić Croatia 1
J. Quintero Colombia 1
Rooney England 1
B. Ruiz Costa Rica 1

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