At Fortaleza:
Wesley Sneijder (88') and Klass-Jan Huntelaar (PK-90'+4, Arjen Robben, who set up the penalty kick, is pictured here) provided the scoring in the waning minutes as the Netherlands came from behind to upend Mexico 2-1. El Tri have now been knocked out in the Round of 16 in the last six World Cups.
At Recife:
After a 1-1 deadlock through 120 minutes, Celso Borges, Bryan Ruiz (who had scored in the 52nd minute in regulation), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Joel Campbell, and Michael Umana all converted their spot kicks as Costa Rica reached the quarterfinal round for the first time following their 5-3 penalty-kick shootout victory over Greece, despite finishing with ten men after losing the services of Oscar Duarte in the 66th minute after he received his second yellow card. Ticos goalkeeper Keylor Neves (pictured here) did his part by saving Theofanis Gekas' spot kick during the shootout.
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Costa Rica and the Netherlands will face each other in a quarterfinal match this coming Saturday at Salvador. It will be the two nations' first-ever encounter.
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