2002 Group C China v Costa Rica Unused Ticket
Price £45 .00
China 0-2 Costa Rica
Costa Rica went to the top of Group C after beating 2002 World Cup debutants China in Gwangju.
Concacaf group winners Costa Rica struck twice in four second-half minutes as China showed their defensive naivety.
Costa Rica now lead Brazil on goal difference at the top of their group.
As Costa Rica made the early running, Rolando Fonseca almost broke clear, only to be halted by a desperate last-ditch challenge from Li-Weifeng.
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MATCH FACTS
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61mins: Gomez fires Costa Rica ahead
65mins: Wright doubles Costa Rica lead.
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Costa Rica's over-enthusiasm saw Luis Marin and Mauricio Solis get yellow cards within two minutes of each other for fouls on Yang Chen and Sun Jihai.
China enjoyed a good share of possession but lacked a cutting edge and Costa Rica goalkeeper Erick Lonnis's only alarms in the opening stages was to sprint from his goal to grab a through ball ahead of Hao Haidong.