Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast
Another fantastic match in this already great World Cup!
Ivory Coast had the better of it in the first 10-15 minutes, and a fair reflection after the first quarter of an hour would be to say the Ivory Coast were outplaying Argentina. Argentina had the ball across the goalline during this time, but both the linesman and referee missed it! Crespo's goal seemed to turn Argentina on, and so they step-ed up a gear or two. Ivory Coast were still very much in it, even after Saviola's beautiful goal and Argentina's strong start to the second-half.
The West Africans never gave up, they kept on battling away and had Argentina on the back foot for the last 15-20 minutes. Drogba's goal was deserved after such a great performance, but a draw wasn't to be today. Still, both Holland and Serbia should watch out for the Ivory Coast as I think they're capable of beating both. Everyone should watch out for Argentina too - they were very dangerous in attack, having the ball in the net 4 times. I still think they have a slight weakness in defense, which can only provide us with high plenty of goalsthrough the rest of this group and however far Argentina go .. which could be all the way!
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Originally Posted by dids The first yellow card for the IC player wasn't deserved, imo. |
It definitely wasn't deserved.. Sorin wasn't touched, and then he just rolled around on the floor. Typical South American behaviour again.
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Originally Posted by ElectricStorm You mean the final match of the tournament?! They will play extra time with a draw. |
No no! She meant for after the Sweden - T&T match, not realising it was a group match instead of a knockout.
