Turkey and Costa Rica Draw, Mexico Defeats Ecuador - 2002-06-09

In the continuation of the World Cup matches, Turkey fought hard against Costa Rica to avoid elimination from the tournament. The two teams, which are in Group C along with Brazil and China, were scoreless in the first half, but in the 55th minute, Turkey scored a goal against Costa Rica. The match was in favor of the Turkish national team until the 88th minute, when Costa Rica managed to equalize. After this goal, both teams had chances to score the winning goal, especially Costa Rica's forward who had a clear opportunity after leaving Turkish defenders behind and even dribbling the goalkeeper, but sent the ball out. Turkey lost its first match against Brazil 2-1. Costa Rica was positioned after Brazil in this group, as they had defeated the Chinese national football team in their first match. In another match today, the Mexican national football team managed to defeat Ecuador 2-1 in Group G of the World Cup. This match took place in Miyaki, Japan, where Ecuador scored the first goal in the 5th minute, but Mexico scored two goals in the 28th and 58th minutes. Today, the national teams of Japan and Russia are set to face each other in Yokohama. This match is held in Group H. Russia won its first match against the Tunisian national football team 2-0, while Japan drew 2-2 with the Belgian national football team.