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GREAT GOAL by the Ivory Coast. Brilliant work by the whole team and a world class finish by Drogba.

This now makes the score Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast. 84th minute

No goal, offsides, its about time they called it.

And apparently now the rule is, if you touch an Argentinian player, it's a foul.

Final Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast

Another terrible match by the referee. Letting way too much gamesmanship go which he should not. This is the kind of business the referees were supposed to be cutting down on but instead it seems even more prevalant then ever before.

DITTO

Overall

I'd say Argentina did look impressive, and even though the commentators made Riquelme seem unstoppable when he wasn't, he certainly played well and was creator of both goals. Sorin played well also but he definitely needs to be curbed as far as his diving and such business. The main problem is the Argentinians (and Paraguayans) rolling around on the ground as if they have been shot and then jumping up as soon as the player who "fouled" them has been booked. Ivory Coast looked dangerous at times and then also lost at others. I was surprised though and thought they might be a team of superstars such as Drogba and Toure and then no-namers, but they definitely didn't play ike that and used all the members of the team to put in an impressive performance.

Final stats.....shots 19-8 IC, on goal 8-4 IC.....fouls 14-13 IC....corners 6-3 IC...offsides 7-0 Argentina....cards 3-2(yellow) Argentina....saves 6-4 Argentina...possesion Argentina 60% Ivory Coast 40%

Great match(not just becuase I called the 2-1 score for Argentina and won the pool) very good players on the field, Argentina will go far!

To me Drogba was the best player on the field. His control and speed is awesome.