Egypt crashed out of the Under-20 World Cup after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat to Costa Rica on Tuesday. Also Tuesday, Dominic Adiyiah scored in extra time to give Ghana a 2-1 win over South Africa. The Costa Ricans dumped the hosts out of the tournament after grabbing an early goal and then spending much of the game defending. «This is the first game we couldn't score. We have been scoring well in all our other games. But today we attacked and had no luck,» Egypt's coach Soukup said. «The first goal affected us and the changes we made failed to change the result,» he added. «They defended with six or seven players at the back and we couldn't get through. They were very fast on the break and it's the counterattacks that cost us the game.» Egypt was the second favored team to suffer a shock exit after Italy ousted Spain on Monday. Costa Rica captain Jose Mena scored the opening goal with a diving header to silence more than 60,000 home fans at Cairo International Stadium. The central American goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado then made some outstanding saves to preserve the lead before Marcos Urena added the second two minutes from full time with a powerfully struck shot past Egyptian keeper Aly Lofti. Costa Rica will play the winner of Wednesday's match between Venezuela and the United Arab Emirates in the quarterfinals.
