Monday, June 4 in Gwangju (2:30 am ET) Group C: CHINA (0-0-0, 0 pts.) vs. COSTA RICA (0-0-0, 0 pts.) (TV: Live, ESPN2, Univision 2:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT) The big day for China arrives. Thousands of Chinese fans flew to Korea for China's World Cup debut, and a TV audience of in excess of 500 million will watch the game back home. China will be the underdog, but China coach Bora Milutinovic knows the Ticos well, having coached them at Italia '90. The key for Costa Rica is Paulo Wanchope. He can win a game all by himself, but he's been out the last several months. PROBABLE LINEUPS: China — 1 Jiang Jin, 4 Wu Chengying, 14 Li Weifeng, 5 Fan Zhiyi, 7 Sun Fihai, 9 Ma Mingyu, 19 Qi Hong, 8 Li Tie, 18 Li Xiaopeng, 10 Hao Haidong, 20 Tang Chen. Costa Rica — 1 Lonnis, 3 Marin, 21 Chinchilla, 5 Martinez, 2 Drummond, 10 Centeno, 8 Solis, 22 Castro, 9 Wanchope, 7 Fonseca, 11 Gomez. REFEREE: Kyros Vassaras (Greece). SUSPENSIONS: None. NUMBER: 5 China is the fifth team Bora Milutinovic has coached in the World Cup. His other four teams never lost an opener. Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990) and Nigeria (1998) all won; the USA tied Switzerland, 1-1 (1994).
