上一場荷蘭對陣墨西哥時羅本的假摔引起了熱議。第53分鐘，羅本右路突破被烏馬納放倒，后者因此吃到黃牌。羅本右路任意球低傳外線，斯內德18米外射門打飛。

Robben's admission that he dived during the Netherlands' win over Mexico in the previous round dominated the pre-match build-up and Umana followed Diaz into the book after he too fouled the forward, who cleverly set up Sneijder to blaze over from the resulting 53rd-minute set play.

第60分鐘，哥斯達黎加隊左路快速反擊，在大禁區內接應的坎貝爾（Joel Campbell） 被因迪（Indi）從身后一推摔倒在地，主裁判伊爾馬托夫示意比賽繼續。之后，博拉諾斯（Christian Bolanos）任意球開出，岡薩雷斯（Giancarlo Gonzalez）在對方球員干擾下頭球頂偏。

It was Joel Campbell and not his illustrious opponent who went to ground easily in the 60th minute as a promising Diaz raid down the left came to nothing, before Giancarlo Gonzalez headed over from another fine Christian Bolanos delivery to increase Dutch anxiety.

第81分鐘，岡薩雷斯對羅本犯規吃到黃牌，斯內德獲得禁區左側任意球，皮球擊中立柱彈出。

There was contact from Gonzalez and another booking as Robben went to ground theatrically in the 81st minute. Sneijder watched his free-kick from the left-hand corner of the area cannon back off the post.

第88分鐘，斯內德妙傳，范佩西神奇踢空。

Van Persie was then denied by Navas and he somehow failed to connect with Sneijder's delicious 88th-minute cross.

傷停補時階段，這名曼聯射手卷土重來，布林德（Daley Blind） 接斯內德直塞球在左路橫傳門前，范佩西大禁區右側勁射，皮球被守在門線上的特赫達（Yeltsin Tejeda）一擋擊中橫梁后彈出。