Posts Tagged ‘Ivory Coast’
2010 World Cup Recap: June 25
Group G Matches: Ivory Coast 3 North Korea 0 Despite being eliminated from the World Cup, Ivory Coast finished the tournament strong with a 3-0 win over North Korea. Yaya Toure, Koffi Romaric N’Dri, and Salomon Kalou each scored a goal for Ivory Coast, who finished group play with four points (1-1-1). North Korea gave up 12 goals and scored …
by Derek Johnson on June 25th, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Scenarios and Standings After Two Games Of Group Play
Group A Standings: Uruguay: 1-1-0 (4 points) Mexico: 1-1-0 (4 points) France: 0-1-1 (1 point) South Africa: 0-1-1 (1 point) Uruguay can advance to the knockout stage if: 1) Win/Tie against Mexico* 2) Loss against Mexico and France/South Africa draw 3) Loss provided that the France/South Africa winner does NOT own tiebreakers Mexico can advance if: 1) Win against Uruguay* …
by Derek Johnson on June 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 20
Paraguay 2 Slovakia 0 Enrique Vera and Cristian Riveros each scored a goal to lift Paraguay to a 2-0 victory over Slovakia; the win gave Paraguay its 4th point in group play. Vera scored in the 27th minute, and Riveros added his goal in the 86th minute. Paraguay, who tied Italy 1-1 in its first game, went from a 4-4-2 …
by Derek Johnson on June 20th, 2010 1 Comments »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 15
New Zealand 1 Slovakia 1 Winston Reid’s goal in stoppage time earned New Zealand a point in group play…and it also earned Reid a yellow card for taking off his shirt while celebrating. “It probably was the most important goal of my life,” said Reid after the game. “I didn’t see the ball until late. I knew that if I …
by Derek Johnson on June 15th, 2010 Leave a comment »
19 Dead, 132 Injured at Weekend Soccer Match in Africa
At a World Cup qualifying soccer match between Ivory Coast and Malawi, a stadium stampede killed 19 people and injured at least 132. FIFA demanded a investigation for the tragedy that took place on Sunday. The prime minister of Ivory Coast also called an emergency Cabinet meeting Monday to look into the cause of the stampede. Thousands of fans at …
by Remy Gallagher on March 30th, 2009 Leave a comment »