Italy's Mario Balotelli during Italy's loss to Costa Rica during the teams' second Group D match in Recife. Costa Rica won the match 1-0, securing advancement to the knockout round for Costa Rica, while eliminating England.

Ryu Voelkel is Howler Magazine's European photographer. He's currently in Brazil shooting for his forthcoming book of World Cup photography, RYU X RIO, which you can pre-order here.

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