kosta rika (k): dinnia diaz, diana carolina saenz brown, carol sanchez cruz, shirley iveth cruz trana, cristin yorleny granados gomez (dk. 57 carolina paola venegas morales), katherine maria alvarado aguilar (dk. 86 fabiola maria sanchez jimenez), wendy patricia salas acosta, daphne melissa herrera monge, raquel rodriguez cedeno, lixy maria rodriguez zamora, maria fernanda barrantes rojas (dk. 72 karla gabriela villalobos duran)
yedekler: maria noelia bermudez valverde, yirlania bernarda fonseca arroyo, gabriela guillen alvarez, emily valenciano, daniela maria cruz mejia, maria paula coto gonzalez, mariana de los angeles benavidez, gloriana jesus villalobos vega, adriana pamela venegas morales
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brezilya (k): luciana maria dionizio, monica hickmann alves (dk. 66 gessica do nascimento), poliana barbosa medeiros, rafaelle leone carvalho souza, maurine dornelles gonçalves, darlene de souza reguera (dk. 59 beatriz zaneratto joao), andressa cavalari machry, rosana dos santos augusto, raquel fernandes dos santos, gabriela maria zanotti demoner (dk. 78 rafaela de miranda travalao), tamires cassia dias gomes
yedekler: barbara micheline do monte barbosa, leticia izidoro lima da silva, thaysa de moraes rosa moreno, tayla carolina pereira dos santos, andressa alves da silva, miraildes maciel mota, fabiana da silva simoes, thaysa de moraes rosa moreno, marta vieira da silva, cristiane rozeira de souza silva
raquel sends brazil through perfect, costa rica eliminated (fifa.com) 18 jun 2015
a late raquel goal sent brazil through to the knockout phase as one of only two teams on maximum points and eliminated opponents costa rica from the fifa women's world cup canada 2015™ in the process with a 1-0 victory.
an under-strength seleção monopolised possession and had umpteen attempts on goal, but the heroics of goalkeeper dinnia diaz appeared set to preserve deadlock and earn las ticas a third successive draw until the 24-year-old coolly slotted into the bottom corner in moncton seven minutes from time.
having already secured first place in group e, brazil rested several key players including the legendary marta, but that did not stop them creating countless first-half chances. after gabriela had a goal ruled out for offside, darlene shot narrowly wide following a neat dribble, before the same player forced diaz into a smart save. the south americans’ best opportunity fell to rosana, whose composure deserted her when unmarked in the box.
costa rican breaks were seldom, but raquel rodriguez did spurn one gilt-edged opening, heading a pinpoint shirley cruz cross straight into the arms of luciana from close range. on the hour, rafaelle propelled a rapid counter-attack and fed substitute beatriz, whose firm strike from inside the area was pushed over the bar by diaz. the costa rica no1 then blocked a point-blank rosana flick on her line.
diaz continued to repel opposition strikes, until raquel broke clear and beat her in the 84th minute. that ensured brazil, alongside japan, advanced with a perfect group-stage record, sending vadao’s girls into a last-16 duel with australia high on confidence.