Costa Rica and Japan are playing Live on the World Cup international friendly schedule on Monday night and the game starts up at 9 pm ET and has the Costa Rican side and the Japanese team preparing for Brazil 2014 and both will be looking to make it into the tourney with a victory behind them and a good showing in the matchup.
Costa Rica comes into the World Cup looking to have a good performance and they have a very tough draw in Group D, as they have the same group as Luis Suarez and Uruguay along with Italy and England. The English will be motivated to have a good performance after last time out in 2010, while Italy has been called a dark horse and Suarez comes after having the best season of anyone in the Premier League. Suarez is dealing with an injury right now and he could miss some of the World Cup schedule, but he is expected to recover and to play this time in Brazil.
Suarez had a fantastic season with Liverpool as he nearly got the team into the top spot on the Premier League table and now he will try and keep that going in the World Cup. Costa Rica will be without forward Alvaro Saborio and Costa Rica plays against Uruguay first and that matchup will be at the Estadio Castelão before the next matchup against Italy and that will be on Friday June 20 and they finish with England it will be very tough to get out of the group round and that matchup will be at Arena Pernambuco. Japan is in Group C with Greece, Ivory Coast and Colombia and they have a tough schedule in Brazil as well.
Some other big games are coming this week as teams prepare for the World Cup in Brazil, as Mexico is playing against Bosnia, while Greece and Nigeria play after the Brazil and Panama matchup and the game for the host nation will be big. The Swiss are playing against Peru and some other games next week include the Netherlands, Italy, Chile, Ecuador and Ivory Coast in action and the friendly schedule comes just a couple weeks ahead of the start of the World Cup.
Check here for the Costa Rica and Japan live coverage on the World Cup friendly schedule.
