65 minutes and Wright's header makes it 2-0 (Allsport).

By Reece Killworth

Final score: China 0 Costa Rica 2.

Man of the match: Ronald Gomez. Had a hand in both goals - scoring one and setting up the other. Was a constant threat down the left with his surging runs and was unlucky not to finish with two goals.

90 min: It's all over. Costa Rica have opened with a victory in the match of the two group outsiders.

90 min: Gomez shows great skill to beat two men in the box but Tie is on hand to hack the ball off the line when the Costa Rican finally shoots.

90 min: Into added time of which there will be three minutes.

89 min: Bryce's speculative effort from long range drifts wide.

87 min: Weifeng leaves the field on a stretcher having clashed heads accidentally with a team-mate in the Costa Rican area.

86 min: On the break, Castro and Solis link well but Castro's left-footed shot sails over the bar.

86 min: Weifeng meets the left-footed free-kick but his header is straight at Lonnis.

85 min: Walter Centeno goes into the book for a shirt-pull on Chenying.

84 min: Chenying forces a throw deep into Costa Rican territory.

83 min: Lopez's shot is well saved by Jiang Jin, who has to plunge to his right to stop the effort.

82 min: Castro finally breaks out of the midfield malaise and finds Medford, who is forced back.

79 min: Costa Rica continue to ring the changes, bringing Wilmer Lopez on for Wanchope.

79 min: Xiaopeng Li goes in to the book.

78 min: Gomez goes into the book for a mistimed sliding tackle on Chenying.

76 min: The pace of the game has dropped somewhat since the rash of substitutions, but there is still plenty of room to exploit down the flanks.

73 min: China bring Yu Genwei on for Zhiyi.

72 min: Martinez breaks through two challenges and has his shirt pulled. Yunlong is the man penalised and he goes into the book.

70 min: Wallace, who appears to be hobbling, is replaced by Steven Bryce.

69 min: The flag-kick bobbles around the Costa Rica area before Yunlong gets his shot away. Unfortunately for China his effort is way off target.

69 min: Marin is forced to concede a corner down the left as Lonnis is caught in two minds.

68 min: Maozhen's first act is to concede a free-kick by pulling down Wright.

67 min: Wanchope is inches away from connecting with Gomez's ball from deep.

66 min: China bring Su Maozhen on for Chen.

65 min: GOAL - WRIGHT. The corner is taken short to Gomez who turns and crosses. Wright gets ahead of his marker at the front post and heads home.

64 min: Gomez shows good skill down the left and sends in a lovely cross. Weifeng slices the ball over his own bar for a corner.

63 min: Lonnis flaps at the right-wing corner but his defenders rally round to clear the danger.

62 min: China go straight on the attack, forcing a corner down the right.

61 min: GOAL - GOMEZ. Gomez slides the ball in to Wanchope on the edge of the box. Yunlong gets across well to block his shot back out to Gomez. He takes it first time on his left foot, curling a fine shot into the net.

60 min: Tie goes into the book after fouling Medford just inside the China half.

59 min: Wanchope goes down in the area under presure from Chenying and gets up appealing for either a penalty or a corner, but he gets neither.

59 min: Medford floats the ball over from the left to Gomez. His header is off target and he has been flagged offside.

58 min: Solis shows good skill to force a corner throw down the left off Tie.

57 min: Medford is on for Fonseca.

56 min: Mingyu gets clear down the left and sends over a lovely cross which finds Chen at the back post but his wild shot is off target.

55 min: Hernan Medford is stripped and ready to join the fray for Costa Rica.

54 min: Chen is pulled up for a push on Marin in the box as China try to get a cross in from the right.

53 min: The game has suddenly become stretched, but still both sides are struggling to find a quality final ball.

51 min: Castro shoots from 35 yards with his favoured left foot, but his shot is always drifting just wide of the post.

50 min: Chenying's corner sails straight into the arms of Lonnis, who claims easily before punting downfield.

49 min: Lonnis palms out a Chen cross from the left and Martinez has to hack it out for a corner to China.

48 min: Gomez's snapshot from the left drifts harmlessly across the area. Fonseca tries to divert it goalwards at the back post but he fails to connect, and has already been flagged offside.

47 min: Wright does well to nick the ball off Haidong and than draw a foul from the Chinese striker.

46 min: China get things underway after the break.

HT: China 0 Costa Rica 0.

45 min: That's half-time. Both sides have looked confident on the ball, but seem to be lacking the quality in the attacking third thus far.

45 min: Haidong gets free down the right and finds Mingyu at the back post. He knocks the balldown for Chenying who shoots wildly.

45 min: There will be two minutes of added time at the end of the half.

45 min: No-nonsense defending from Zhiyi as he pumps the ball out of play down the right.

44 min: Bo dives in well in midfield but his ball down the flank drifts out of play.

42 min: Martinez has to concede a throw just a yard from his own goalline but from the subsequent through Chen is pulled up for a foul on Wright.

40 min: Castro floats over the free-kick to the back post where Wright is in space. His header back across goal is poor allowing China to break, but Chen can't find his strike partner in the centre.

39 min: Wanchope is clatted just outside China's box by Zhiyi and Xu Yunlong.

38 min: Gomez does well to earn himself a yard of space in the box but his ball across is behind Wanchope and Fonseca, allowing China to clear far too easily.

36 min: Wallace's run down the left ends with a cutback to Gomez but his left-footed effort drifts wide of China's goal.

35 min: The free-kick is wasted as Marin opts to shoot from long range. His effort is dire and is easily cleared.

35 min: Solis forces a free-kick down the right as he draws the tackle from Chen.

34 min: Castro gets clear down the left from the free-kick but Weifeng heads his cross out wide to the right before blocking Fonseca's attempts to return the ball to the area.

33 min: Wanchope flicks the ball around the corner and wins a free-kick as Zhiyi clatters into him.

32 min: The flag-kick is easily cleared at the front post. Li Tie tries to return the ball to the area, but Marin blocks his cross before clearing.

31 min: Wright has to get across well to the left-hand side of the box as Bo looks to cross. The ball dribbles out for a corner.

30 min: The free-kick is wasted by Costa Rica, who gift possession to China.

29 min: Weifeng is pulled up for a foul on Wanchope.

28 min: Fonseca and Wallace link nicely down the right, with the latter getting a cross over. An unmarked Wanchope rises in the middle but his header is way off target.

27 min: Chen tries to slide in strike partner Haidong over the top, but the ball drifts straight into Lonnis' arms.

25 min: Harold Wallace breaks down the right but Weifeng clears well for a throw, allowing Jihai to leave the field. Qu Bo is the man to replace him.

24 min: Jihai is still struggling and there is a substitute ready to replace him.

23 min: Wanchope drops deep and looks to link with Solis, but the latter's ball back to the Manchester City striker drifts out for a throw.

22 min: Jihai looks to be hobbling after clashing with his club-mate Wanchope. There was nothing in the tackle, but Jihai is struggling.

21 min: Jin is forced to get down well to save from Solis. Fonseca was well placed in the middle, but his team-mate chose to shoot from a narrower angle.

20 min: Xiaopeng's corner is claimed well by Lonnis in the centre of his goal just inside the six-yard box.

19 min: Marin has to slide in to concede a corner down the right as Chen attempts to cross from the floor.

18 min: Erick Lonnis punches the free-kick clear under pressure from Weifeng. Jihai strikes the rebound but it sails over the bar.

17 min: Mauricio Solis becomes the second man into the book in quick succession for a late tackle on Jihai just inside the Costa Rican half.

17 min: The flag-kick is taken short but Castro's cross is headed clear at the front post.

16 min: Castro shows good skill to beat his man down the left flank, but Jihai tackles back well to concede a corner.

15 min: Luis Marin is the first man into the book for a trip on Chen on halfway.

13 min: Fonseca is on the end of a superb ball over the top but Zhiyi tackles back well to halt the danger.

12 min: Mingyu wins back the ball in his own half and powers forward 50 yards but his left-footed ball drifts out of play.

11 min: Fonseca powers down the right past two men but just miscontrols as he looks to line up a cross.

10 min: Fonseca is on the end of a lovely dinked ball over the top from Wright but he's just strayed offside. He put the shot over anyway.

9 min: Castro and Ronald Gomez link well down the left from the free-kick but the latter's cross in is easily gathered by Jin.

8 min: Wright gets back to his feet to take the free-kick, which he hits long from right to left.

7 min: Wright goes down under a hefty challenge from Hao Haidong just inside his own half.

6 min: Carlos Castro flings a long throw into the China box. Wanchope takes it down superbly and drills it across the area - but there's no-one on the end of it in the middle.

5 min: Jiang Jin gets his first touch in the Chinese goal as he fields a shot from Gilberto Martinez.

5 min: Rolando Fonseca looks lively down the right, forcing a throw deep in the China half. Wanchope flicks the ball into the area but Zhiyi heads clear.

4 min: The flag-kick from the left drifts straight out of play despite captain Ma Mingyu's efforts to keep it in at the back post.

3 min: Li Xiaopeng's free-kick is headed clear. Yang Chen picks it up but Mauricio Wright tackles back well, conceding a corner.

2 min: Jihai gets down the right and tumbles, winning his side a free-kick just outside the Costa Rica box.

1 min: China have the early possession, stroking the ball around the back confidently until Li Weifeng concedes a throw down the left.

0 min: Costa Rica get things underway after the now traditional pre-match huddle in the centre circle.

Pre-match: There's a few familiar faces on show Gwangju. Manchester City duo Sun Jihai and Paulo Wanchope go head to head, with the latter leading Costa Rica's attack, while Jihai has Dundee's Fan Zhiyi alongside him in the China side.