Costa Rica wins the group with Italy, Uruguay and England

Frank Lampard and the rest of the England team thanking their fans for their support.

England will go home with no win in their World Cup campaign as Costa Rica clinched top spot in Group D. Costa Rica surprised everyone after winning over Uruguay and Italy to secure their berth in last-16.

The pre-tournament outsiders found themselves in the unexpected position of being able to leave plenty in the tank in Belo Horizonte - an admirable achievement that did not make for an engaging spectacle.

England started with only one striker, the Liverpool man Daniel Sturridge, who got the most number of chances in the game for England. For Costa Rica, Celso Borges had a first-half free-kick hit the crossbar.

Joel Campbell second-minute shot got deflect wide but gave Costa Rica a lot of confidence to go on.

At the 12th minute, a brilliant play by Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere followed by Sturridge's shot on goal, which was not wide by much distance, was their first attempt on goal. England claimed for a penalty at the 27th minute, which got rejected.

England got closest to scoring in the 65th minute when Sturridge exchanged passes with Wilshere and wasted his clearest opportunity.

England brought on Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney in the final 20 minutes in an attempt to avoid a first winless World Cup campaign since 1958. Rooney's chip was tipped over by goalkeeper Navas with time running out and proved to be England's last genuine chance.

Costa Rica fans rooting for their team

Costa Rica had the chance to become the first CONCACAF team to win all three group stage matches.

Costa Rica line-up vs England:

Starting XI: Navas, Gonzalez, Borges, Duarte, Campbell, Ruiz, Brenes, Diaz, Gamboa, Tejeda, Miller.
Substitutes:Pemberton, Cambronero, Umana, Francis, Myrie, Acosta, Granados, Barrantes, Cubero, Calvo, Urena, Bolanos.
Manager: Jorge Luis Pinto

England team line-up vs Costa Rica:

Starting XI: Foster, Jones, Cahill, Smalling, Shaw; Milner, Lampard, Wilshere; Barkley, Lallana, Sturridge.
Substitutes:  Hart, Forster, Johnson, Jagielka, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Sterling, Welbeck, Rooney, Lambert.
Manager: Cesare Claudio Prandelli

This is how the group D table looks like after all the matches:

Group D standings

Here are some of the wonderful pictures from the match:

A women holding a banner asking for ex-England and Chelsea skipper John Terry's number.

There were some funny memes getting noticed on the social media.

England fans laugh off World Cup woes with superb banner vs Costa Rica.

And finally, Costa Rica have arrived!

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