Netherlands-Costa Rica, television – La Vanguardia

Madrid. (Editorial) -. Netherlands-Costa Rica faces this Saturday will be the last match of the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Brazil, in a meeting in which the Dutch want to get into the semifinals for the second consecutive World Cup, while the ticos want to reach that stage for the first time in its history. The match can be followed by TV through Telecinco from 22.00.

The selection of Louis Van Gaal are favorites in the first game to play against Costa Rica in history. Team Oranje looking lift the World Cup after losing three finals, the last one against Spain four years ago. But before we get to the end, must overcome his quarter-final against Costa Rica. Netherlands is proving to be a solid team on the field and also mindset. And the Europeans have won three of their four games after tracing an adverse goal. They did in the inaugural match against Spain in the second round against Australia and in the second round against Mexico. If they succeeded again to Costa Rica, would become the first team in World Cup history to lift an adverse outcome on four occasions.

If the end of Bayern Munich and Sneijder do one mate goal Saturday would become the Dutch player with the most goals in World Cup history, beating Johnny Rep, with which they are currently tied to six goals. Holland wants to overcome the quarterfinals for the fifth time in its history. A round that has only fallen once, in 1994, against Brazil.

On the other side of the field is a Costa Rican team with nothing to lose in the meeting to be held in Salvador. Regardless of what happens on Saturday, the World of Costa Rica is already a success. That lack of pressure and illusion are the highlights that want to leverage the ‘Ticos’ to become the first team from CONCACAF in 1930 from the United States to play a World Cup semi-finals.

But not all options Central are mental. There is a stand in the field and has a name: Keylor Navas. The Levante goalkeeper is emerging as one of this World figures from the goal and his performance will again be key to the aspirations of the ‘Ticos’ in the match against the Dutch.

Despite will be the first presence of Costa Rica in the quarter-finals, the wards of Jorge Luis Pinto have shown in this World that no party is too big for them. Exceeded the group stage three world champions and at the first intersection, they managed to hold a man down against Greece for almost an hour.

Costa Rica will fight to make history with the illusion of not have nothing to lose to a Holland who once did the mash classified as first of a group that were Spain and Chile, aims to recover from defeat in South Africa and be world champion for the first time.