Curaçao – Ivory Coast 0:2 (0:1)

With a 2:0 (1:0) win towards Curaçao, the Ivory Coast 2nd place in Group E and thus secured a spot within the knockout spherical of the World Cup for the primary time in its historical past. Nicolas Pépé scored each objectives for the Ivorians. If that they had misplaced, the Ivorians might have slipped to 3rd place given Ecuador’s 2-1 win towards Germany. The goal was actually at risk Elephants Nonetheless, not towards the self-sacrificing choice from Curaçao.

As early because the seventh minute, Pépé set the course for victory for the Ivorians following an help from Leipzig’s Yan Diomande. After the substitution, the striker stepped up within the sixty fourth minute in an total low-level sport. Six factors had been sufficient to complete second in Group E behind the DFB workforce with the identical variety of factors. On the 2006, 2010 and 2014 tournaments, Côte d’Ivoire tried in useless to succeed in the following spherical.

Curaçao completed with one level. The number of the smallest nation in World Cup historical past with simply 160,000 inhabitants mentioned goodbye to the match with their heads held excessive. The workforce solely needed to be taught the lesson within the 7-1 defeat towards Germany, in any other case they held up Blue Wavethe blue wave, positively with. With the primary World Cup objective towards the DFB workforce and the purpose towards Ecuador, the Caribbean workforce put the mislead all doubters and “proved” that they belong on this stage, mentioned defender Roshon van Eijma.

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