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Today, Costa Rica along with Celso Borges played their last friendly before the World Cup. They played against Belgium at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels.

The Branquiazul midfielder was in the starting line-up, just like against Northern Ireland in San Jose and against England in Leeds. Celso Borges played 75 minutes where the ‘Ticos’ were defeated 4-1. The Dépor player came off for Randall Azofeita.

Now, the World Cup kicks off for the Branquiazul players

The first two to play are Krohn-Dehli with Denmark against Peru, and Francis with Nigeria against Croatia; both on Saturday 16 June.

The 5 Deportivistas have the following friendlies and World Cup fixtures:

Celso Borges

Friendlies
Thursday 7 June
ENGLAND 2 - COSTA RICA 0

Monday 11 June
ENGLAND 4 - COSTA RICA 1

World Cup (Group E)
Sunday 17 June
4 pm: COSTA RICA - SERBIA at the Samara Arena

Friday 22 June
3 pm: BRAZIL - COSTA RICA, at the St Petersburg stadium

Wednesday 27 June
9 pm: SWITZERLAND - COSTA RICA, at the Nizhny Novgorod stadium

Michael Krohn-Dehli

Friendlies
Saturday 9 June
DENMARK 2 - MEXICO 0

World Cup (Group C)
Saturday 16 June
7 pm: PERU - DENMARK, at the Mordovia Arena (Saransk)

Thursday 21 June
4 pm: DENMARK - AUSTRALIA, at the Samara Arena

Tuesday 26 June
5 pm: DENMARK - FRANCE, at the Luzhniky Stadium (Moscow)

Fabian Schär

Friendlies
Friday 8 June
7 pm: SWITZERLAND - JAPAN, at the Cornaredo stadium (Lugano, Switzerland)

World Cup (Group E)
Sunday 17 June
9 pm: BRAZIL - SWITZERLAND at the Rostov Arena

Friday 22 June
8 pm: SERBIA - SWITZERLAND at the Kaliningrad stadium

Wednesday 27 June
9 pm: SWITZERLAND - COSTA RICA, at the Nizhny Novgorod stadium

Francis Uzoho

Friendlies
Wednesday 6 June
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 - NIGERIA 0

World Cup (Group D)
Saturday 16 June
9 pm: CROATIA - NIGERIA, at the Kaliningrad stadium

Friday 22 June
6 pm: NIGERIA - ICELAND, at the Volgograd Arena

Tuesday 26 June
9 pm: NIGERIA - ARGENTINA, in St Petersburg

Ismael Diaz

Friendlies
Wednesday 6 June
NORWAY 1 - PANAMA 0

World Cup (Group G)
Monday 18 June
5 pm: BELGIUM - PANAMA, at the Fisch Stadium (Sochi)

Sunday 24 June
3 pm: ENGLAND - PANAMA, in Nizhny Novgorod

Thursday 28 June
9 pm: PANAMA - TUNISIA, at the Mordovia Arena (Saransk)