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Saturday, 10th June 2006
Drogba Goal Too Little Too Late

Group C Match

Argentina vs Ivory Coast
Hamburg

Previous Encounters:
The only time Argentina played Côte d'Ivoire was in the Intercontinental Champions Cup (King Fahd Cup - Saudi Arabia, 1992), the forerunner to the Confederations Cup - first designated a FIFA competition in December 1997.

Four teams played in the 1992 Intercontinental Champions Cup (Argentina, Saudi Arabia, USA and Côte d'Ivoire); Argentina beating Côte d'Ivoire (4:0) on 16th October, with goals by Gabriel Batistuta (2), Ricardo Altamirano and Alberto Acosta.

Côte d'Ivoire then lost to the USA in the third-place match, while Argentina beat Saudi Arabia in the final.

The Match:
Ivory Coast, in Orange, kick-off from right to left with the pace considerably slower than the earlier Trinidad & Tobago vs Sweden match.

The only real early incident came in the 14th minute when Jean-Jacques Tizie seemed to fumble Roberto Ayala's header. The Argentine thought the ball had entered the airspace over the line, referee Frank De Bleeckere of Belgium disagreed. Replay cameras couldn't really give a clear view either.

A run through the middle by Côte d'Ivoire's Didier Zokora, in the 20th minute, almost put Argentina's defence to the test; as the South Americans conceded two corners in succession.

Juan Riquelme's 24th minute free-kick fell nicely into a confused penalty area, for Hernan Crespo to put Argentina ahead.

Didier Drogba threatened to equalise for Ivory Coast just after the half hour when he took a ball on his chest and tried to jiggle through into the Argentine area. But the corner the Chelsea forward earned came to nothing.

Ivory Coast had another chance to equalise shortly before Saviola scored Argentina's second goal. Riquelme's exact, offside-defeating, timed chip floated into the middle of the penalty area, just out of reach of the advancing Tizie. Saviola got there first.

Half-time: (2:0).

The second half started with the same tactical cat and mouse play and another yellow card for Argentina; Gabriel Heinze challenging Didier Drogba.

Argentina, happy to sit on their two-goal lead, slowed the tempo to almost a standstill. With Didier Drogba closely watched by Heinze and Ayala, he failed to make much of an impact up front for Côte d'Ivoire.

And then, with less than 10 minutes remaining, Didier Drogba pulled the Ivory Coast back into the game; snapping onto a return ball in the middle of the Argentina area. Too little, too late.

Final Score:
Argentina 2 - Ivory Coast 1

Goalscorers Goalscorers:
1:0 Hernan Crespo (24)
2:0 Javier Saviola (38)
2:1 Didier Drogba (82)

Our Man of The Match:
Juan Riquelme, whose vision provided the spark for both of Argentina's goals. An honourable mention too for Didier Drogba, who carried Ivory Coast's hopes forward single-handed.

Teams

Argentina: (Captain Juan Pablo Sorin)
1 Roberto Abbondanzieri; 2 Roberto Ayala, 3 Juan Pablo Sorin, 6 Gabriel Heinze, 21 Nicolas Burdisso; 5 Esteban Cambiasso, 8 Javier Mascherano, 10 Juan Riquelme, 18 Maxi Rodriguez; 7 Javier Saviola, 9 Hernan Crespo.

Ivory Coast: (Captain Didier Drogba)
1 Jean-Jacques Tizie; 3 Arthur Boka, 4 Kolo Toure, 12 Abdoulaye Meite, 21 Emmanuel Eboue; 2 Kanga Akale, 5 Didier Zokora, 19 Gneri Yaya Toure; 8 Bonaventure Kalou, 11 Didier Drogba, 18 Abdulkader Keita.

Referee:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Substitutions Substitutions:
56 Mins (Ivory Coast) - 15 Aruna Dindane in for 8 Bonaventure Kalou
62 Mins (Ivory Coast) - 14 Bakari Kone in for 2 Kanga Akale
64 Mins (Argentina) - 14 Rodrigo Palacio in for 9 Hernan Crespo
76 Mins (Argentina) - 22 Luis Gonzalez in for 7 Javier Saviola
77 Mins (Ivory Coast) - 9 Arouna Kone in for 18 Abdulkader Keita
91 Mins (Argentina) - 16 Pablo Aimar in for 10 Juan Riquelme

Yellow Cards 5 Yellow Cards:
41 Mins - Javier Saviola (Argentina)
49 Mins - Gabriel Heinze (Argentina)
62 Mins - Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast)
81 Mins - Luis Gonzalez (Argentina)
90 Mins - Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)

Red Cards 0 Red Cards.

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Friday, 9th June
Germany vs Costa Rica
Poland vs Ecuador

Saturday 10th June
Argentina vs Ivory Coast
England vs Paraguay
Trinidad vs Sweden

Sunday 11th June
Angola vs Portugal
Mexico vs Iran
Serbia vs Holland

Monday 12th June
Australia vs Japan
Italy vs Ghana
USA vs Czech Republic

Tuesday 13th June
Brazil vs Croatia
France vs Switzerland
South Korea vs Togo

Wednesday 14th June
Germany vs Poland
Spain vs Ukraine
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia

Thursday 15th June
Ecuador vs Costa Rica
England vs Trinidad
Sweden vs Paraguay

Friday 16th June
Argentina vs Serbia
Holland vs Ivory Coast
Mexico vs Angola

Saturday 17th June
Czech Republic vs Ghana
Italy vs USA
Portugal vs Iran

Sunday 18th June
Brazil vs Australia
France vs South Korea
Japan vs Croatia

Monday 19th June
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine
Spain vs Tunisia
Togo vs Switzerland

Tuesday 20th June
Costa Rica vs Poland
Ecuador vs Germany
Paraguay vs Trinidad
Sweden vs England

Wednesday 21st June
Holland vs Argentina
Iran vs Angola
Ivory Coast vs Serbia
Portugal vs Mexico

Thursday 22nd June
Croatia vs Australia
Czech Republic vs Italy
Ghana vs USA
Japan vs Brazil

Friday 23rd June
Saudi Arabia vs Spain
Switzerland vs South Korea
Togo vs France
Ukraine vs Tunisia

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Teams by Group

Group A
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Germany
Poland

Group B
England
Paraguay
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago

Group C
Argentina
Côte d'Ivoire
Holland
Serbia and Montenegro

Group D
Angola
Iran
Mexico
Portugal

Group E
Czech Republic
Ghana
Italy
USA

Group F
Australia
Brazil
Croatia
Japan

Group G
France
South Korea
Switzerland
Togo

Group H
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Tunisia
Ukraine

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