Photos: Ivory Coast defeats Japan 2-1 in FIFA World Cup competition
June 15, 2014
Ivory Coast's forward Gervinho (L) celebrates with Ivory Coast's forward and captain Didier Drogba after scoring during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ EMMANUEL DUNAND ( 530735182 )
Eiji Kawashima of Japan watches as a header by Wilfried Bony of the Ivory Coast (not pictured) goes in for the Ivory Coast's first goal during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) ( 450632694 )
Ivory Coast's Gervinho (10) runs past Japan's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima as he celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the group C World Cup soccer match at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ( APTOPIX Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
A fan of the Ivory Coast cheers in the crowd during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) ( 450629500 )
Fans cheer during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) ( 450633790 )
Japan's Keisuke Honda leaves the pitch after the group C World Cup soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Ivory Coast won 2-1. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) ( Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
Ivory Coast's forward Gervinho (L) celebrates with Ivory Coast's forward and captain Didier Drogba after scoring during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ EMMANUEL DUNAND ( 530735187 )
Japan's football supporters are disappointed as Japan was defeated by Ivory Coast in the group C match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the Tokyo Dome stadium in Tokyo on June 15, 2014. Japan was defeated by Ivory Coast 1-2. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNOYOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images ( 530729055 )
Ivory Coast's midfielder Didier Ya Konan (C) vies with Japan's midfielder Yasuhito Endo (R) during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ JAVIER SORIANO ( 530728220 )
Ivory Coast's midfielder Ismael Cheick Tiote controls the ball during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANOJ ( 530727405 )
Ivory Coast's Gervinho (10) is tripped by Japan's Atsuto Uchida (2) during the group C World Cup soccer match at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ( APTOPIX Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
A Japanese fan dressed up as a pinball cheers as he awaits the kick-off of a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO ( 530726759 )
Ivory Coast's defender Souleymane Bamba (L) heads the ball during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ JAVIER SORIANO ( 530728133 )
Didier Ya Konan of the Ivory Coast competes for the ball with Yasuhito Endo (L) and Yuto Nagatomo of Japan during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) ( 450633742 )
Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast holds off a challenge by Masato Morishige of Japan during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) ( 450634826 )
Japan's Yuya Osako (18) leaps to head the ball over Ivory Coast's Serge Aurier (17) during their group C World Cup soccer match at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) ( Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
Japanese soccer fans celebrate after Japan's first goal by Keisuke Honda as they watch a live broadcasting of the group C World Cup soccer match against Ivory Coast at a public viewing venue in Tokyo, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ( APTOPIX Brazil Japan WCup )
Japanese fans watch the live broadcast of the 2014 FIFA World Cup match between Japan and Ivory Coast as they react during the public viewing event at the Noevir Stadium Kobe on June 15, 2014 in Kobe, Japan. Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) ( 450643556 )
Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast holds off the challenge of Masato Morishige of Japan during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) ( 450633148 )
Ivory Coast's forward Salomon Kalou jumps for a header during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 530726327 )
Japan's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima grabs the ball during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA ( 530726507 )
Ivory Coast's forward Wilfried Bony celebrates after scoring during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGOI ( 530727536 )
A Japanese soccer fan watches a live broadcast of the group C World Cup soccer match between Japan and Ivory Coast at a public viewing venue in Tokyo, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ( Brazil Japan WCup )
Japan's Masato Morishige, left, and Yuto Nagatomo (5) struggle with Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba (11) during the group C World Cup soccer match at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) ( APTOPIX Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
Ivory Coast's Serey Die, left, is challenged by Japan's Maya Yoshida during the group C World Cup soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) ( Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
Japan's Keisuke Honda (4) winds up to score his side's first goal against Ivory Coast during their group C World Cup soccer match at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ( APTOPIX Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
Japan fans hold a flag and cheer during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) ( 450628998 )
Wilfried Bony of the Ivory Coast celebrates as Gervinho of the Ivory Coast (not pictured) scores on a header past Eiji Kawashima of Japan (not pictured) during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between the Ivory Coast and Japan at Arena Pernambuco on June 14, 2014 in Recife, Brazil. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) ( 450635196 )
Ivory Coast's forward Salomon Kalou jumps to head the ball during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ TOSHIFUMI KITAMURATOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images ( 530726378 )
Ivory Coast's defender Serge Aurier (L) vies with Japan's forward Shinji Kagawa during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ JAVIER SORIANO ( 530727347 )
Ivory Coast's defender Constant Djakpa (L) vies with Japan's defender Atsuto Uchida during a Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014. Ivory Coast won 2-1. AFP PHOTO/ JAVIER SORIANO ( 530728185 )
Japan's Yuto Nagatomo, left, tackles Ivory Coast's Serge Aurier during the group C World Cup soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) ( Brazil Soccer WCup Ivory Coast Japan )
A Japanese supporter gestures as he waits for the start of the Group C football match between Ivory Coast and Japan at The Pernambuco Arena in Recife on June 14, 2014, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA ( 530724563 )
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