they might break the all high 5 goal Spain record in a match

France has a very good chance to reach the last 8

Watu wakishindwo wanatafuta excuses..nkt
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FIFA tests seven Costa Rica players


ESPN FC's Craig Burley applauds Costa Rica for being able to unify as a team during the World Cup and doing the unlikely, advancing.
RECIFE, Brazil -- Bryan Ruiz and Keylor Navas guaranteed that if FIFA wanted the whole Costa Rica team to undergo doping tests then they would, because they've got nothing to hide.

After the Ticos beat Italy on Friday, FIFA ordered seven of their players to undergo post-match doping tests, while only two Italian players were tested.

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In a statement posted by Football Italia, FIFA explained that two Costa Rica players were ordered for normal post-match tests, while the five others had not done pre-competition testing

Navas, Ruiz, Celso Borges, Joel Campbell, Yeltsin Tejeda, Christian Bolanos were among the players who took and passed the test, while reports said Michael Barrantes was the seventh.

Following almost two hours spent between the locker room and doping control, the last three Ticos players finally appeared after taking the test.

Goalkeeper Navas said that "people still don't believe" that Costa Rica could beat Uruguay and Italy.

"We believed it from the outset, but thank God we're all relaxed, with a clear conscience," Navas said. "If they want to test the whole team, that's no problem".

Navas said that initially it may not "have sat well with them" that so many players had to attend the doping tests, as it could be seen as a "a lack of respect as well."

"You have to take it in good humour," he said. "At the end of the day, we're all relaxed and happy that we've gone through" to the knockout stage.

Team captain Ruiz also supported the words of his teammate.

"It seems a little bit excessive to me, but we can't do anything about it," he said. "We've got nothing to hide. We have trained well, without taking any banned substances. It's partly that people can't believe what we're doing, I think that's it.

"They ordered the tests, we didn't have a problem with taking them, but perhaps seven is excessive."

URUGUAY vs ITALY will be mother of all group matches...

Court Ruling from the UK:
A seven year old boy was at the centre of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with the child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him.
After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.
After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the England Football team, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.