CURACAO ERROR
The primary got here by the newest in a steady string of threatening strikes from 19-year-old Yan Diomande, who alertly pounced on a Curacao error attempting to play out of the again and noticed Pepe charging to the close to publish.
Diomande laid the ball again from the byline, and Pepe hammered a low first-time end by goalkeeper Eloy Room from shut vary.
With loads of solar and temperatures hovering within the mid 80s Fahrenheit (about 29°C to 30°C), the sport gave the impression to be slowing earlier than Pepe completed off an incisive second for the Africans.
Ibrahim Sangare noticed Pepe’s run into the field with an ideal, line-splitting by ball, and Pepe curled his end from 10 metres contained in the left publish.
Though it was a deserved Ivorian victory, Curacao had their moments in probably their final match managed by 78-year-old Dutchman Dick Advocaat, who was taking cost of his third World Cup facet.
Within the forty fourth minute, Leandro Bacuna sliced by three defenders into the left half of the penalty space however despatched his effort low and huge of the close to publish, and after the interval Sherel Floranus discovered house however fired narrowly over the bar.
Amad Diallo, Ivory Coast’s first goalscorer within the match, departed at half-time, although it was unclear if this was resulting from harm.
