SALVADOR, July 6 — The World Cup quarter-final between the Netherlands and Costa Rica went into extra-time today, after regulation time ended 0-0.

While the Dutch enjoyed most of the possession Costa Rica, the surprise packages of the tournament, kept them valiantly at bay, with goalkeeper Keylor Nevas pulling off a series of superb saves.

On the one occasion he was beaten Wesley Sneijder’s freekick from the edge of the box ricocheted off the near post.

And in stoppage time, a Costa Rican defender cleared off the goalline, the ball hitting the underside of the crossbar and rebounding out of danger. — AFP