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  • 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

90mins

Full-time: KOREA DPR 0-3 IVORY COAST

90mins

Kolo Toure gets on the end of an Eboue cross but can only head wide

90mins

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

Ivory Coast

Corners

07

Fouls

1216

Goal attempts

827

Shots off target

414

Offsides

24

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