Argentina - Côte d'Ivoire 2:1

10 JUN 2006, World Cup, Group Stage

Goals

1:0 Hernán Crespo 24', 2:0 Javier Saviola 38', 2:1 Didier Drogba 82'

Argentina (José Pékerman)

Roberto Abbondanzieri, Gabriel Heinze, Javier Mascherano, Juan Pablo Sorín, Nicolás Burdisso, Roberto Ayala, Esteban Cambiasso, Juan Román Riquelme (90+3' Pablo Aimar), Hernán Crespo (64' Rodrigo Palacio), Javier Saviola (75' Lucho González), Maxi Rodríguez

Côte d'Ivoire (Michel)

Jean-Jacques Tizié, Arthur Boka, Abdoulaye Méïté, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Abdul Kader Keïta (77' Arouna Koné), Didier Zokora, Kanga Akalé (62' Bakari Koné), Yaya Touré, Bonaventure Kalou (55' Aruna Dindane), Didier Drogba

Cards

Javier Saviola 41' (), Gabriel Heinze 48' (), Emmanuel Eboué 62' (), Lucho González 81' (), Didier Drogba 90' ()

Venue

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Group C · after matchday 1

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Argentina	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Netherlands	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	1	1	2	-1	0
4	Serbia & Mont.	1	0	1	0	1	-1	0

Trivia

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium).

Attendance: 49480.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Roberto Abbondanzieri	23	Boca Juniors
Gabriel Heinze	30	Manchester United
Javier Mascherano	16	Corinthians
Juan Pablo Sorín	72	Villarreal
Nicolás Burdisso	9	Inter
Roberto Ayala	101	Valencia
Esteban Cambiasso	23	Inter
Juan Román Riquelme	32	Villarreal
Pablo Aimar	41	Valencia
Hernán Crespo	56	Chelsea
Rodrigo Palacio	3	Boca Juniors
Javier Saviola	32	Sevilla
Lucho González	28	Porto
Maxi Rodríguez	14	Atlético Madrid

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
12 OCT 2005	Away	Uruguay	0:1	World Cup Quals
12 NOV 2005		England	2:3	Friendly
16 NOV 2005	Away	Qatar	3:0	Friendly
01 MAR 2006		Croatia	2:3	Friendly
30 MAY 2006		Angola	2:0	Friendly

Later matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
16 JUN 2006	Serbia & Mont.	6:0	World Cup
21 JUN 2006	Netherlands	0:0	World Cup
24 JUN 2006	Mexico	2:1	World Cup
30 JUN 2006	Germany	(2)1:1(4)	World Cup
03 SEP 2006	Brazil	0:3	Friendly

Verified with Soccerway, South American Football International Line-Ups & Statistics 1902-2013