The Costa Rica vs Serbia football team are in the tunnel at the Samara Stadium. This is pretty must-win for both sides, even if it is the first game of Group E. Serbia manager Mladen Krstajic and Iceland head coach Oscar Ramirez has prepared for 2018 World cup tournament. Costa Rica is a good team and 2014 world cup perform a good task reached Quarter-finals.
Bryan Ruiz is captain of the Costa Rica Football team. Aleksandar Kolarov represent the Serbia world cup squad. Aleksandar Mitrovic will be looking to continue his excellent form when Serbia face Costa Rica in their World Cup Group E. In the group E Brazil and Switzerland two other team.
FIFA World Cup 2018: Costa Rica vs Serbia Squad, score, updates
Costa Rica Final 23-man squad
- Coach: Oscar Ramirez
- Star player: Keylor Navas
- World Cup best: Quarter-finals 2014
Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas (Real Madrid, Spain), Patrick Pemberton (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense), Leonel Moreira (Herediano);
Defenders: Cristian Gamboa (Celtic, Scotland), Ian Smith (Norrkoping, Sweden), Ronald Matarrita (New York City, USA), Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland, England), Oscar Duarte (Espanyol, Spain), Giancarlo Gonzalez (Bologna, Italy), Francisco Calvo (Minnesota United, USA), Kendall Waston (Vancouver Whitecaps, Canada), Johnny Acosta (Aguilas Dorados, Colombia);
Midfielders: David Guzman (Portland Timbers, USA), Yeltsin Tejeda (Lausanne-Sport, Switzerland), Celso Borges (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain), Randall Azofeifa (Herediano), Rodney Wallace (New York City, USA), Bryan Ruiz (Sporting CP, Portugal), Daniel Colindres (Saprissa), Christian Bolanos (Saprissa);
Forwards: Johan Venegas (Saprissa), Joel Campbell (Real Betis, Spain), Marco Urena (LAFC, USA).
Serbia Final 23-man squad
- Coach: Mladen Krstajic (caretaker)
- Star player: Nemanja Matic
- World Cup best: First round 2010
Goalkeeper: Vladimir Stojkovic (Partizan Belgrade), Predrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar).
Defender: Aleksandar Kolarov (AS Roma), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St. Petersburg), Dusko Tosic (Guangzhou R&F), Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal), Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Milan Rodic (Red Star Belgrade), Uros Spajic (Krasnodar), Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina).
Midfielder: Nemanja Matic (Manchester United), Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Marko Grujic (Liverpool), Adem Ljajic (Torino), Dusan Tadic (Southampton), Filip Kostic (Hamburg SV), Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica), Nemanja Radonjic (Red Star Belgrade).
Forwards: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United), Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK Salonika), Luka Jovic (Benfica).