- Toure, Y (14), Romaric (20), Kalou (82)
- Date:2010-06-25
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
- Attendance:34763
- Referee:Mallenco, AU
Live Commentary
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Full-time: KOREA DPR 0-3 IVORY COAST
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Drogba receives the ball in the penalty area, but he has no support and North Korea get it cleared
90mins
There is five minutes of added time
89mins
Drogba floats in another free-kick, and three of the Elephants find themselves unmarked in the box, but the flag is raised for offside
86mins
Doumbia converts Drogba's free-kick, but he is adjudged to be offside
85mins
Cynical foul by Nam-Chol Pak, but referee Undiano Mallenco still doesn't produce the first booking of the match
82mins
KOREA DPR 0-3 IVORY COAST. Ball into the six yard box and KALOU gets to the ball first, glancing it past the North Korea goalkeeper
81mins
Tae-Se Jong is free on goal, but his first effort is saved, his follow up is blocked and finally he hits it over the bar
79mins
North Korea's aim seems to be stopping Ivory Coast scoring a third than salvaging anything from the game
79mins
Romaric is replaced by Seydou Doumbia
75mins
Drogba runs at the Korean defence but finds himself surrounded and quickly loses the ball
74mins
Ivory Coast are getting frustrated breaking down North Korea.
71mins
Should have been 3 to Ivory Coast. Kalou collects the ball from 8 yards out but is unable to hit the target. Very poor shot
68mins
Great save from Myong-Guk Ri. The Korean keeper gets down low to Romaric's shot from 30 yards
67mins
In-Guk Mun is replaced by Kum-Chol Choe
65mins
Double substitution for Ivory Coast. Salomon Kalou and Aruna Dindane come on replacing Gervinho and Keita
64mins
Gervinho inches away from getting on the end of Keita's cross. Time running out for Ivory Coast
62mins
Cross from Zokora and you would bank on Drogba scoring, but he can only direct his header over the bar
60mins
Ivory Coast are leaving gaps in midfield and they should be careful of North Korea hitting back on the counter-attack
58mins
Tae-Se Jong beats the offside trap but after chesting the ball down he can only drag his shot wide of the left-hand post. Poor effort from the Korean
57mins
The game is very open as the Elephants are not holding back in looking for their third goal
56mins
Romaric's corner is met by Kolo Toure who heads it into the path of Droba, but the Chelsea striker can only head it over.
54mins
Tae-Se Jong plays in Yun-Nam Ji but Barry in the Ivory Coast goal is able to get to the ball first
53mins
Eboue with another chance. The Arsenal midfielder skips past two Korean defenders into the box, and his shot across goal is cleared off the line
52mins
Another chance for Ivory Coast. Eboue shoots over from 20 yards out
51mins
Yaya Toure over hits his cross into the box and Gervinho had no chance of reaching the ball
49mins
Romaric floats a free-kick into the box, but Kolo Toure can only direct a weak shot into the goalkeeper's arms
46mins
Myong-Guk Ri took a knock from Keita and the referee stops play for the Korean goalkeeper to receive treatment
46mins
Gervinho gets down the byline on the left and his cross into the box is nearly met by Keita.
46mins
North Korea get the second-half underway
45mins
Half-time: KOREA DPR 0-2 IVORY COAST
44mins
Gervinho gets his head on the end of a Drogba cross but is unable to get any power behing it. Easy save for Myong-Guk Ri
43mins
Emmanuel Eboue takes a shot from 20 yards out but is unable to keep the ball down and it hits the camera behind the goal
41mins
Ivory Coast are showboating on the edge of the North Korea penalty area, but Keita is penalised for raising his foot too high
38mins
Gervinho receives the ball on the right-hand side of the penalty area and his shot only just goes wide of the left post
37mins
Drogba skips into the box going past a Korean defender as if he wasn't even there. It be a matter of time until he scores
36mins
Korea coming back into the match, but have yet to create anything with a poor ball into the box that is easily collected by Barry
34mins
Young-Hak Ahn gets his head on the end of a Tae-Se Jong cross but can only direct it wide of the goal
31mins
Great chance for Keita with a volley from ten yards out, but is unable to keep his shot down and it sails over the crossbar
29mins
Its not unrealistic for the Elephants to beat Portugal's 7-0 victory against the Korean's
27mins
Drogba is causing the Korean defenders all sort of problems with his strength on the ball
24mins
Yong-Jo Hong puts the free-kick just wide of the left-hand post. Boubacar Barry in the Ivory Coast goal didn't even move
23mins
North Korea have a chance to get back into the match with a free-kick just outside the penalty area
20mins
KOREA DPR 0-2 IVORY COAST. Drogba chests the ball down inside the area and hits a thunderous shot onto the crossbar. ROMARIC follows it up by slotting the ball home
16mins
Nearly 2-0 for the Elephants. Romaric sends over a cross from the right and clips the post
14mins
KOREA DPR 0-1 IVORY COAST. YAYA TOURE puts the Elephants ahead with a shot in the bottom right-hand corner from 20 yards out
11mins
Didier Drogba puts the ball in the back of the net with a header from a Keita cross but is given offside.
10mins
Gervinho gets to the byeline down the left and rolls the ball across the goal-line with nobody there to score
9mins
Free-kick taken by Romaric for Ivory Coast that is straight into the arms of the Korean goalkeeper
7mins
North Korea are defending deep like they did against Brazil rather the more adventurous tactics they used against Portugal
4mins
Arthur Boka aims a long-range shot towards the bottom corner but it doesn't test Myong-Guk Ri
3mins
No chance of Ivory Coast going easy here, it's all out attack in the early stages. What a chance that was the Keita in the first minute though
1mins
Ivory Coast get the match underway and break into area immediately with Kader Keita, of all people, but he shot straight at the goalkeeper's legs
0mins
North Korea remain unchanged for the third match in a row
0mins
Kader Keita, Arthur Boka, Kouassi Gervinho and Koffi Ndri Romaric replace Salomon Kalou, Aruna Dindane, Guy Demel and Siaka Tiene, in an attack-minded for Ivory Coast
0mins
North Korea are yet to gain a point in the tournament and will be hoping to avoid a similar result as the 7-0 thrashing they received at the hands of Portugal
0mins
Sven Goran Eriksson's Ivory Coast need to beat North Korea by a significant margin to have any chance of progressing to the next round
Match Report
Sven-Goran Eriksson's Ivory Coast failed to progress to the knockout stages after only managing a 3-0 victory against a poor North Korean side at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Nelspruit.
Ivory Coast dominated the match from the start and, with the Elephants needing to score a hatful to beat Portugal to second place. it was all-out attack in the early stages.
Immediately from kick-off Yaya Toure played Kader Keita in on goal but he could only direct his shot straight at the goalkeeper.
Didier Drogba had the ball in the back of the net with a header after 11 minutes but was adjudged to be offside, but Ivory Coast didn't have to wait long for the opening goal.
In the 14th minute Yaya Toure picked the ball up 20 yards out and placed his shot into the bottom right-hand corner of the net to give the Elephants a deserved lead.
Two minutes later it was nearly 2-0. Koffi Ndri Romaric sent in a cross along the penalty area, which avoided everybody but clipped the outside of the post.
Twenty minutes in and it was 2-0. Drogba chested the ball down inside the penalty area and hit a thunderous shot onto the crossbar, and Romaric followed it up by slotting the ball into the empty net.
It continued to be one-way traffic and, on 38 minutes, the Elephants hit the woodwork for the third time. Kouassi Gervinho, whose pace was causing the Koreans all sorts of problems, received the ball on the right-hand side of the penalty area and his shot clipped the outside of the left post.
In the second half, North Korea sat back with five in defence, content to keep the scoreline down rather than attempting to salvage a point.
The Koreans managed to frustrate Ivory Coast, with the Elephants finding it much harder to break them down.
Tae-Se Jong had a couple of decent chances for North Korea, but his lack of composure in front of goal led to him squandering both chances with only the goalkeeper to beat.
It wasn't until the 82nd minute that a third goal arrived. Arthur Boka sent in a cross from the left and Salomon Kalou got ahead of the Korean defence to slot the ball home from six yards.
It was too little too late for the Elephants as they became the fifth African nation to go out in the group stages.
Korea DPR Team
Ivory Coast Team
- Arthur Boka
- Emmanuel Eboue
- Didier Zokora
- Cheik Ismael Tiote
- Koffi Ndri Romaric
- Yaya Toure
- Kouassi Gervinho
- Didier Drogba
Korea DPR | Ivory Coast |
Corners
| 0 | 7 |
Fouls
| 12 | 16 |
Goal attempts
| 8 | 27 |
Shots off target
| 4 | 14 |
Offsides
| 2 | 4 |
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90mins
Kolo Toure gets on the end of an Eboue cross but can only head wide