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Jun 24, 2014 5.00pm
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  • yellowcard Ross Barkley 53'
  • yellowcard Adam Lallana 57'

Roy Hodgson "so disappointed" over winless England

Hodgson "so disappointed" over winless England

Roy Hodgson has admitted that he is "so disappointed" that his England team could not end their World Cup campaign with a victory over Costa Rica.

Successive defeats to Italy and Uruguay ensured that the Three Lions went into their final Group D game against the Caribbean team with only pride to play for.

Hodgson's side played out a 0-0 draw with already-qualified Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte this evening, and the 66-year-old admits that he would have liked to end the tournament with a flourish.

"We showed today what a good team we can be," he told ITV Sport.

"I'm so disappointed not to finish with a victory but I don't think I could have asked for a much better performance.

"Apart from the first 10 or 12 minutes of the game I thought we dominated it totally, but unfortunately we didn't take our goal chances. Had we taken them, it would have been a comfortable victory."

Earlier today, Uruguay beat 10-man Italy to join Costa Rica as Group D's representatives in the last 16.

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