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Sunday June 20, 2010 Group Stage: Group G Finished Soccer City Stadium

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Brazil

  • Fabiano 25’, 50’
  • Elano 62’

Ivory Coast

  • Drogba 79’

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  1. Kaka sees red as Brazil reach last 16

    Kaka sees red as Brazil reach last 16

    Luis Fabiano scored twice and Kaka was controversially sent off as Brazil beat Ivory Coast 3-1 to qualify for the last 16. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Brazil
    • Ivory Coast
    • 90+3' All over! Brazil deserved winners. Poor decision by the ref to red card Kaka.
    • 90+3' Ramires replaces Robinho.
    • 89' Three minutes to be added.
    • 88' Gervinho unlucky to see a shot fly over.
    • 87' Kaka is sent off for a late elbow on Keita. An awful decision. He hardly touched the Ivory Coast player.
    • 86' All sorts of things going on here.
    • 85' Toite is booked for a late challenge on Fabiano.
    • 84' Kaka booked for pushing Keita. All very daft.
    • 83' Think there is going to be a booking here. Bit of silly shenanigans.
    • 82' Zinedine Zidane heading out of the ground. He has seen enough.
    • 81' Ivory Coast would like another goal to set up a grandstand finish.
    • 80' Brazil manager Dunga not happy about that.
    • 79' May be too little too late.
    • 78' GOAL! Lung-bursting run by Gervinho before Drogba heads into the corner of net. Deft finish with 11 minutes remaining.
    • 77' Brazil have had four corners to the Ivory Coast's two.
    • 76' Some fairly robust tackles flying in here by the Ivory Coast.
    • 75' Keita is booked for a foul on Bastos.
    • 74' Alves ventures forward, but can't really get any pace on his shot. Barry saves.
    • 73' Heading for the final 17 minutes. Surely all over.
    • 72' Cesar beats out a shot by Romaric. Had to treat that with some respect.
    • 71' Going to be another change here for the Ivory Coast. Romaric replaces Eboue.
    • 70' Lucio doing well there to contain Drogba.
    • 69' Lovely bit of play by Maicon. Fairly hammered that in from 20 yards, but just past.
    • 68' Elano is on his feet, but is getting helped down the tunnel to keep the weight off his shin.
    • 67' Keita comes on for Kalou for the Ivory Coast.
    • 66' Dani Alves replaces the injured Elano.
    • 65' The Ivory Coast player has left his boot in on Elano's shin. He is getting stretchered off.
    • 64' Elanao has gone down. Bad tackle by Tiote.
    • 63' That was more like the Brazil we know and love.
    • 62' THERE IS THE THIRD! Elano with his second goal in two games. Kaka pass and a fine finish by Elano. Surely all over now.
    • 61' Lovely play by Brazil. Robinho feeds Kaka, but his shot is repelled by Barry.
    • 60' Elano tries his luck from distance, but always flying wide of the Ivory Coast's right-hand post.
    • 59' Approaching the hour-mark.
    • 58' Some nice play by the sub Gervinho. Showing a bit more movement which is helping his companions.
    • 57' Fabiano scored a treble against Portugal in 2008. Will he grab another here?
    • 56' Both teams scrapping it out in midfield.
    • 55' Gervinho comes on for Dindane.
    • 54' Brazil well on top in terms of possession. 57% to 43%.
    • 53' Ivory Coast beginning to venture forward a bit more here.
    • 52' Drogba heads narrowly wide from Dindane's cross. Best moment of the match from the Ivory Coast.
    • 51' The Ivory Coast face an uphill battle.
    • 50' Brazil lead 2-0. He looked like he may have handled there, but the Ivory Coast are not complaining. Wonderful moment by the Brazilian striker.
    • 49' A WONDERFUL MOMENT BY FABIANO! He beats three players before thrashing a low shot into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
    • 48' Maicon rolls around on the floor, but that isn't a booking for Tiene. Play-acting.
    • 47' Brazil begin on the offensive.
    • 46' We are off and running for the second half.
    • 45+1' A minute added and there goes the half-time whistle. Not very inspiring play so far.
    • 44' Heading for the final minute of a pretty poor first period.
    • 43' Tiene requiring a bit of treatment.
    • 42' Each side have now had four shots on goal.
    • 41' Dindane narrowly offisde there. Ivory Coast suddenly showing a bit more purpose.
    • 40' Eboue's shot hits off Juan before flying past. The ref gives a goalkick when it should have been a corner.
    • 39' Too many balls failing to find their intended targets.
    • 38' Kaka in the thick of the action. World Cup image
    • 37' Dindane thrashes a shot in from 30 yards. Cesar had to keep his eye on that before clasping it.
    • 36' Demel drives a ball into the box, but Cesar takes that easily.
    • 35' 10 minutes untl the break. Brazil looking comfortable.
    • 34' Maicon's control lets him down in a good area deep in the Ivory Coast half. Lack of concentration.
    • 33' Brazil in possession. Happy to embrace the ball. Playing at walking pace.
    • 32' The Ivory Coast have only managed one shot on goal. Brazil have had five. Expect a few more before the night is out.
    • 31' The old vuvuzelas are fairly blaring out, but it all sounds a bit limp. Only that goal to really purr over in this match.
    • 30' Tiene is booked for a late one on Elano.
    • 29' Brazil have scored in 24 straight World Cup group matches.
    • 28' Lucio goes down like he has been shot under pressure from Cheik Tiote.
    • 27' Elano puts a bit of pace on his delivery, but solid defending by the Ivory Coast. Drogba heads that ball out.
    • 26' Kaka races away down the left. Robinho wallops the ball off Demel and Brazil have a corner.
    • 25' Great technique and we finally have a goal. That is what this game needed.
    • 24' GOAL FOR BRAZIL! Kaka plays in Fabiano and he smashes the ball high into the net. Was a brilliant finish from an acute angle.
    • 23' All very slow and predictable at the moment. Neither side prepared to throw caution to the wind.
    • 22' Kolo Touré is facing Manchester City teammate Robinho, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Santos.
    • 21' Elano takes the corner, but that is an easy take for the keeper Boubacar Barry.
    • 20' Maicon cross on the right is headed behind for a corner by Demel. Nice bit of play by Brazil.
    • 19' Gilberto Silva shoots from Elano's corner. The ball is blocked but falls to Robinho, who smashes it over the bar from outside the box.
    • 18' Brazil have a corner here.
    • 17' Brazil struggling to find any fluency. They are in good company when you consider Italy, France, England, Germany, etc.
    • 16' Poor start to this match. Nothing much happening.
    • 15' Robinho displaying a few of his skills, but the Ivory Coast smuggle the ball away from him.
    • 14' Emmanuel Eboue floats it in, but Brazil are marking well. Comes to nothing.
    • 13' Drogba pressurising Lucio. Lucio deemed to be fouling the Chelsea striker. The Ivory Coast have another free-kick.
    • 12' Drogba smashes the free-kick miles over. Should really have floated that into the box.
    • 11' Ivory Coast have a free-kick in the Brazil half. Foul by Gilberto Silva.
    • 10' Brazil fans get in the World Cup mood. World Cup image
    • 9' Ivory Coast shading possession. 52% to 49% in their favour.
    • 8' Yaya Toure fails to find Drogba after Kaka is eased off the ball in midfield.
    • 7' It has been a bit of a tentative opening to this match.
    • 6' Kalou tries to find Drogba, but Julio Cesar races out to clasp. Easy take for the Ivory Coast keeper.
    • 5' Siaka Tiene tries a free-kick, but flies too long. Nobody can get on the end of it.
    • 4' Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, studying this encounter with some interest.
    • 3' Brazil have participated in all 18 previous World Cups, have won the most world titles (5), have won the most World Cup matches (65) and have scored the most World Cup goals (203).
    • 2' Robinho first shot on goal. Flew narrowly over from 25 yards. Fine dipping effort.
    • 1' We are underway here. Ivory Coast knocking it around in the opening seconds.
    • 19:25 The teams coming out for the anthems. Should be a thrilling match this evening.
    • 19:20 In 10 World Cup matches coaching England, Sven-Göran Eriksson suffered just one defeat, the 2002 2-1 quarter-final loss to Brazi. Lúcio and Gilberto Silva played in that match.
    • 19:15 Didier Drogba scored his only World Cup goal against a South American team, a 2-1 defeat to Argentina, in 2006.
    • 19:10 Brazil and Ivory Coast have not previously met in international football.
    • 19:05 Ivory Coast have been victorious once in their previous five matches. This was in a friendly against Japan (2-0) on June 4.
    • 19:00 The last Ivorian goalscorer at the World Cup is Salomon Kalou’s brother Bonaventure Kalou, who netted in their 3-2 win against Serbia and Montenegro on 21 June 2006.
    • 18.55 Brazil have never lost a World Cup match against a team from another continent than Europe or South America.
    • 18.50 Brazil named the same team which struggled to a 2-1 win over North Korea in their opening match. Kaka, who is still not 100 percent fit after an injury-plagued season, was included in the starting lineup although coach Dunga said on the eve of the match that it was not certain whether he would play the whole game.
    • 18.45 Didier Drogba returns to the starting lineup. The Ivory Coast captain and leading scorer broke his forearm in a friendly against Japan in Switzerland just over two weeks ago and came on as a substitute in the goalless draw against Portugal wearing a protective plastic cast. Drogba replaces Gervais Kouassi, the only change in the Elephants' starting line-up.
    • 18.40 The referee is Stephane Lannoy of France.
    • 18.35 Teams: Brazil: 1-Julio Cesar; 2-Maicon, 3-Lucio, 4-Juan, 6-Michel Bastos, 5-Felipe Melo, 8-Gilberto Silva, 7-Elano, 10-Kaka, 11-Robinho, 9-Luis Fabiano. Ivory Coast: 1-Boubacar Barry; 21-Emmanuel Eboue, 4-Kolo Toure, 20-Guy Demel, 17-Siaka Tiene, 5-Didier Zokora, 19-Yaya Toure, 9-Cheik Tiote, 8-Salomon Kalou, 11-Didier Drogba, 15-Aruna Dindane.
    • 18.30 Hello and welcome to tonight's coverage of the Brazil v Ivory Coast game.
  • Summary

    • 87' Kaka is sent off for a late elbow on Keita. An awful decision. He hardly touched the Ivory Coast player.
    • 78' GOAL! Lung-bursting run by Gervinho before Drogba heads into the corner of net. Deft finish with 11 minutes remaining.
    • 64' Elanao has gone down. Bad tackle by Tiote.
    • 62' THERE IS THE THIRD! Elano with his second goal in two games. Kaka pass and a fine finish by Elano. Surely all over now.
    • 61' Lovely play by Brazil. Robinho feeds Kaka, but his shot is repelled by Barry.
    • 49' A WONDERFUL MOMENT BY FABIANO! He beats three players before thrashing a low shot into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
    • 24' GOAL FOR BRAZIL! Kaka plays in Fabiano and he smashes the ball high into the net. Was a brilliant finish from an acute angle.
    • 2' Robinho first shot on goal. Flew narrowly over from 25 yards. Fine dipping effort.

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    • Starting line-up

      • Júlio César
      • Maicon
      • Lúcio
      • Juan
      • M. Bastos
      • G. Silva
      • F. Melo
      • Elano Goal Substitution Out (67′)
      • Kaká Red Card
      • Robinho Substitution Out (90′)
      • L. Fabiano Goals×2

      Subs

      • Thiago Silva
      • Gilberto Melo
      • J. Baptista
      • Kléberson
      • Dani Alves Substitution In67′
      • Luisão
      • Gomes
      • Nilmar
      • Grafite
      • Josué
      • Doni
      • Ramires Substitution In90′
    • Starting line-up

      • B. Copa
      • G. Demel
      • K. Touré
      • D. Zokora
      • S. Tiéné Yellow Card
      • Y. Touré
      • E. Eboué Substitution Out (72′)
      • C. Tioté Yellow Card
      • A. Dindane Substitution Out (54′)
      • S. Kalou Substitution Out (68′)
      • D. Drogba Goal

      Subs

      • D. Yeboah
      • A. Boka
      • S. Gohouri
      • J. Gosso
      • A. Zogbo
      • B. Angoua
      • A. Kéita Substitution In68′ Yellow Card
      • Romaric Substitution In72′
      • S. Bamba
      • Gervinho Substitution In54′
      • E. Koné
      • S. Doumbia
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  1. Can't believe the ref played in the favor of Brazil­ on that 2nd goal and then laughed about it. That sucks.

    From Kiganira, on Tue 22 Jun 9:31
  2. I can't believe the Ref allowed the 2nd goal then­ laughed about it.PI55 take..
    The Ref should get banned­ for life, His adverse actions totally changed the game.­ I think both teams played with heart and sole and­ really enjoyed the dog match.
    Diving, faking body­ checks is disgraceful and the players involved should­ be banned and punished.. This would make other players­ think twice about cheating..

    From Richard, on Tue 22 Jun 9:20
  3. brazil sucks, wait you will understand what i am­ talking about when they meet a team like Holland.

    From black to d core, on Tue 22 Jun 8:12
  4. Brazil played very good soccer with great style and­ skills. No matter whatever anyone has to say they­ did well. They never believe that Ivory Coast was a­ worked over because initially the Ivoriens trried to­ come forward but were met perfect with the Brazillian­ skills and style which was more superior to theirs. ­ So everybody should congratulate Brazil for playing­ well and winning. If you criticise the second goal­ what happen to first and the last were they also­ handball. Have taken time to scrunitize the fouls­ committed by the Ivoriens and the injuries inflicted on­ the Brazilians because I know if it was Brazil that­ cause Elano to be sent off assuming he was Ivoriens­ people would have a lot to say. Let to praise when­ he perform well. I have always wish Brazil even now­ and in the future because they believe in themselves­ and dont make boast. Posa for Brazil.

    From Hilary, on Tue 22 Jun 7:37
  5. Football players who DIVE on a consistent basis are­ morally bankrupt, low life scums !!

    From LeRoy, on Tue 22 Jun 3:22
  6. Brazil deserved the win.Their second goal was­ controversial.The ref should have
    disallowed that one­ but the other two goals were excellent.Brazil played­ and contolled
    the game well.
    Fluke goal?how the hell do­ you know.Kaka played a smart pass to Fabiano
    who made­ it count,as they know how.Anyone who says that was a­ fluke is a sore loser.
    Ok the second was controversial­ but the third finished it in style
    Elano was­ stretchered off due to an obvious dig of Ivory Coast­ studs. Unintentionable
    maybe but who knows.Kaka­ should NOT have been sent off! It was blatant­ cheating
    by Keita.Kaka hardly touched him and Keita­ puts his hands over his own face and falls
    for ­ what,NOTHING.They knew they had lost, but respectful­ defeat would be a bit too
    much to ask for wouldn't­ it!
    Drogba scored 1 for the Ivory Coast them but to be­ fair, he didn't get much of the ball anyway.
    All in­ all Brazil were the better side against a disorganised­ if not tense team.

    As for Kaka it doesn't really­ matter too much if he misses the next game,which after­ when FIFA sees
    what really happened,he won't but­ Brazil are through to the last 16 so not too much,­ uncalled, for damage.

    From Slide, on Tue 22 Jun 3:18
  7. Was it really necessary for some Brazilian players to­ DIVE every time they were about to lose the ball ? Even­ the big donkey Lúcio seems to fall all over himself ­ at the slightest touch . Brazil is a great team . They­ don't need to resort to diving and cheating .­ Fabiano's second goal was a disgrace !!

    From LeRoy, on Tue 22 Jun 3:09
  8. Some people no nothing about football I for one refuse­ to listen to the medie and football pundit on the tv­ cos we cant learn from them they flay football but they­ dont know the rule of the game so with these people­ England cant reach far one the beleive in Brasil too­ much two if they dont like you you cant right for them­ kaka was a red card the law state if you raise your arm­ its a red card if it was the other way round they would­ say its a card yes i do agree that the player over act­ just to say brazil a fluke goal and they are saying­ that the guy mean it I laugh cos if that a other team­ it would be fluke but it brazil the dont like Argentina­ saying Maradona is not a coach he just have good­ players rubbish alot of team have good players and they­ cant win England for eg I see improvement in Argentina

    From garry, on Tue 22 Jun 2:05
  9. I don't understand which match some of the people­ posting here were watching. Brazil outplayed Ivory­ Coast. You talk about Brazilians play acting, and we­ saw the sportmanship display by Keita to have Kaka sent­ off. I hope Ivory Coast will not qualify after this­ performance. Ivory Coast should've saw 2 red cards­ on the dirty plays which saw Elano stretched off the­ field and on Bastos. Ivory Coast players should be­ ashamed of being such bad losers to resort to this type­ of football style when they are behind in the match.­ You can give my post all the thumbs down if you want,­ that will not change the fact that Brazil were the­ deserved winners. I hope North Korea knock Ivory Coast­ out of the WC.

    From Suraya s, on Tue 22 Jun 0:32
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    kaka deserves his red card, he did it he pushed the­ man. the game was spoilled by the second goal, we in­ ivory coast we're we love peace. so are brazilians.­ brazil is one of nices nations. and the people are very­ friendly. but this time kaka was wrong and he knows­ it. lets talk nicely and that it

    From Abedyne, on Mon 21 Jun 23:13
  11. that referee needs to be banned, FIFA should scrutinse­ referees before they give them a go ahead to handle­ such sensitive matches, its a pity to FIFA

    From boniface, on Mon 21 Jun 22:53
  12. Good to see Drogba got a run out against Brazil and he­ continues to score.

    From Speedy, on Mon 21 Jun 22:45
  13. FIFA should reverse the second goal

    From Fortunate, on Mon 21 Jun 22:13
  14. What is common to french football and french referee?­ They all are clowns who suxxx!

    From Didzis, on Mon 21 Jun 21:42
  15. I don't agree with what the did with the second­ goal, it was a hand ball and the ref saw it , i think­ fifa will have to do something about it.

    From promise u, on Mon 21 Jun 20:58
  16. whats with teh comparisons to Ireland???? Ivory coast­ were NOT gracious in defeat, in fact, childish and­ dangerous tackles, and getting one of the best players­ in the world sent off is not gracious. No comparison to­ Ireland here. Wake up muppets

    From see.mario, on Mon 21 Jun 16:17
  17. Are people seriously comparing the Henry hand ball with­ the Fabiano one????? Really! Please!! One is a group­ game with a losing team at 50minutes, the other was a­ QUALIFER in extra time, where the Irish were winning.­ Please!! The Henry hand ball cost the WC for Ireland,­ Ivory Coast lost their game on their own. Wake up

    From Raymond, on Mon 21 Jun 16:11
  18. go more brazil go more

    From sumbatmolekdemo, on Mon 21 Jun 16:02
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    I just wish that the irish people learned smthng from­ this game...hand balls happens even in­ worldcups...learn from ivory coast...they didnt make­ any fuss out of it..no childish comments on­ fabiano,brazil, and they are looking forword for their­ next game!

    From JADo, on Mon 21 Jun 15:23
  20. too bad too bad ­ hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    From mnogirls, on Mon 21 Jun 15:01
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