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Costa Rica Completes Two-Game
Exhibition Tour With a 2-0 Loss
to China
Costa Rica completed a two-game
exhibition tour Wednesday with a
2-0 loss to China.
Zheng Zhi converted a penalty
kick in the 45th minute after
Xie Hui was brought down in the
penalty area, and Xie scored 10
minutes into the second half off
a pass from Wang Liang.
China, eliminated last year in
World Cup qualifying, got its
first win since Zhu Guanghu took
over as coach in March. The
teams tied 2-2 in Beijing on
Sunday,
Costa Rica is third in the final
round of World Cup qualifying in
the North and Central American
and Caribbean region with seven
points, six behind Mexico and
five back of the United States.
The top three teams earn berths
in next year's tournament.
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