World Cup: Holland late come back edge Mexico, Costa Rica beat Greece on penalties

Two late goals from Sneijder and Klass Huntelaar helped Holland defeat Mexico in the round of 16 match on Sunday.

After a goalless first half, Mexico took the lead through Giovanni Dos Santos in the 65th minute while the Netherlands had to wait till dying minutes of the match to rally back and win the match which saw them through to the Quarter final of the World Cup in Brazil.

Meanwhile, Costa Rica and Greece had to settle for penalty shootout after finishing 1-1 on regulation time.

Costa Rica scored through Captain Bryan Ruiz and were later reduced to 10 men after Oscar Duarte was sent off for for a challenge. The Greeks rallied back into the game to send the match into extra time and then penalties to be decided.

It could be recalled that Costa Rica shocked Uruguay, Italy and shared points with England in the Group stage.

Ivory Coast World Cup exit: Eboue rants, says he won't eat for 30 days

Shortly after the Elephants of Ivory Coast lost to Greece, Ivorian international Emmanuel Eboue took to Twitter to voice his dissatisfaction on the official's verdict to have adjudged a penalty against his brothers in Brazil.

Giovanni Sio obstructed Georgios Samaras in the box with during the dying minutes of the match andDthe ref didn't think twice to pick the call. 

Greeks snatch Round of 16 ticket from Ivory Coast as Colombia go clear

Ivory Coast have been eliminated from the World Cup after conceding a penalty in the dying minutes to Georgios Samaras to be beaten 2-1 by the Greeks in a decisive encounter on Tuesday.

Greece took  the lead few minutes before half time through Andreas Samaris only for Wilfred Bonny to get the Africans back in at 74th minute but they failed to hold on till the end as substitute Giovanni Sio fouled Samaras in the box which proved to be the decider.

In the other Group game, Colombia thrashed Japan 4-1 to go clear as group leaders into the next round with 9pts, Greece finishing second with 4pts.