| osed125 said: I already said they played really bad this match, at least compared to the group stage. Hell, before the WC I was pretty sure CR would be lucky to even get 1 point in the group, Costa Rica has shown they are great and that they have potential. Saying they are a poor team is pure ignorance. |
Not ignorance, an honest assessment. We see it all the time in cup competitions when the poor team ups the performance when they play a "big" team.
Bradford City (a 4th tier football club by the way) beat Wigan Athletic, Arsenal and Aston Villa (All Premier League clubs) to proceed to the League Cup Final in the 2012/13 Season. Bradford City were a very poor team that were trying to push for the playoff positions in the 4th tier at the time. Individual players had special games, in Bradfords case it was Nahki Wells and James Hanson. The manager, Phil Parkinson, had a perfect strategy for each game.
Costa Rica are in the same boat as Bradford City. They played extremely well against the big teams, Italy and Uruguay, yet failed to impress when they came up against a team who were already out (England) and a team who are on the same football level as Costa Rica and have been terrible for the entire tournament (Greece).
Hell, the best possible example for this with internationals is Greece, when they won the 2004 European Championships. They were a terrible team, yet despite all odds went on to win the damn thing.
Dont take it personally, its just that Costa Rica isnt a very good team. Ghana werent a very good team, yet they managed to get within a hand of the Semis at 2010.
