In the final match, Costa Rica was officially eliminated after 2 matches, so the match against Switzerland was only honorary for them. Meanwhile, Shaqiri and his teammates need at least 1 point to win a ticket to the 1/8 round regardless of the result of the remaining match between Brazil and Serbia.
Although officially eliminated, Costa Rica surprisingly played extremely impressively against Switzerland. They controlled all the ball well, organized the attack and created many notable attacks on goalkeeper Sommer's goal. Most notably, striker Colindres' shot hit the Swiss crossbar in the 10th minute.
For more than half of the first half, Costa Rica pressed the field and created more dangerous situations than their opponents. However, before he scored his first goal at the 2018 World Cup, Costa Rica conceded another goal.
In the 31st minute, striker Embolo headed the ball back to Dzemaili who rushed in to shoot into Costa Rica's net to help Switzerland take the lead.
Costa Rica's subsequent relentless attacking efforts were rewarded with a 1-1 equalizer in the 52nd minute. Defender Waston scored after a high jump to head the ball from a corner kick. This was Costa Rica's first goal in this year's World Cup.
Dissatisfied with the 1-1 draw, Switzerland still increased the pressure to find more goals. In the 88th minute, the player who came on as a replacement for Drmic had a shot in an unassisted position, raising the score to 2-1 for Switzerland. It seemed that Shaqiri and the other teams had 3 points and won the top spot in the group, but in the extra minutes of the match, Costa Rica unexpectedly equalized 2-2 on the 11m mark thanks to Ruiz.
In the end, Switzerland and Costa Rica drew 2-2. This result helped Switzerland enter the round of 16 as the second team in Group E, their opponent in the round of 16 will be Sweden.
