An outsider's duel in Recife, between two teams that have already achieved the goal they set at the start of the event, is to pass to 16's World 2014. But circumstances and luck smiled in both teams. Greece is happy that all of its potential rivals find Costa Rica on its way, but so lucky they feel in Costa Rica, which instead of playing with a big name fell to Greece.
Curiously it is the game, two teams that play very defensively, with 5-4-1 Costa Rica, with many defensive players in 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 Greece and at a slow pace, it certainly leaves promises to be the worst game of the World Cup. On the other hand, both opponents seem to have the mood to enjoy the game and play football. But I think that in the fight things will not be so.
As much as the two teams have achieved their primary goal, when the opponent is called Greece or Costa Rica, then there is an opportunity and they will both try to catch her hair and go to the next stage. So I do not expect any show or too much risk and light energy, we need to see a closed game.
The problem of Costa Rica is that its opponents are now suspicious. They know it's not the easy team that looked before the start of the event, so they would pay them much more attention than they would give them in another circumstance. Moreover, this time the rival will not look for ways to close Costa Rica in its frame but will try to surprise her and hit her in the counterattack.
There are many bets that turn to my mind in this showdown. The 0-1 goal seems to be a bet that will be hard to lose, since both teams will be frightened and will not take risks. But a lucky goal can change them all. So Under 2 may be safer.
Another bet I like has to do with Australian referee Benjamin Williams. Showing 4 cards in the match (red counts for 2 cards) is at odds of 1.95 on bet365. Williams is a referee who enforces the letter of the law. He will have many opportunities in awkward and hard markings to show their cards. He is the referee who in Belgium - South Korea sent off the Belgian player for a tackle on the sideline.
The odds give Central Americans a favorite, but I think that's not the truth. The teams in my eyes are equivalent. Costa Rica may have scared people with victories against Italy and Uruguay, but both of these teams were below the average and for me they are not saying these results. I believe that Greece would be the first to come to Costa Rica as the only serious team of 4. So I will choose Greece's victory in DNB, because performance is provocative. I will not bother with the qualifying, as if the game is over, the extra time and the penalties are mainly a matter of luck and pure mind and less of quality and dynamics.
So I suggest winning Greece on DNB, but I will personally play under 2 and card bet.