Yahoo Sports World Cup group stage - Ivory Coast vs. Japan
1/28Ivory Coast's Gervinho and Drogba celebrate their goal against Japan
Ivory Coast's Gervinho (L) and Didier Drogba celebrate their goal against Japan during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba (11) shoots a freekick during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
2/28Ivory Coast's Drogba shoots a freekick
Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba (11) shoots a freekick during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony (top R) watches as his shot goes past Japan's Eiji Kawashima (L) for a goal during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
3/28Ivory Coast's Bony watches as his shot goes past Japan's Kawashima for a goal
Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony (top R) watches as his shot goes past Japan's Eiji Kawashima (L) for a goal during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERS
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![Ivory Coast's Gervinho (L) and Didier Drogba celebrate a goal by teammate Wilfried Bony against Japan during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
4/28Ivory Coast's Gervinho and Drogba celebrate a goal by teammate Bony
Ivory Coast's Gervinho (L) and Didier Drogba celebrate a goal by teammate Wilfried Bony against Japan during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba gestures during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
5/28Ivory Coast's Drogba
Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba gestures during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba (L-R) and Japan's Atsuto Uchida and Eiji Kawashima watch as the ball, scored by Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony (unseen) enters the goal during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (BRAZIL - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP)]()
6/28Ivory Coast's Drogba and Japan's Uchida and Kawashima watch as the ball, scored by Ivory Coast's Bony enters the goal during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba (L-R) and Japan's Atsuto Uchida and Eiji Kawashima watch as the ball, scored by Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony (unseen) enters the goal during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (BRAZIL - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP)REUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Ivory Coast's Arthur Boka is carried off the field during the team's 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
7/28Ivory Coast's Boka is carried off the field during the team's 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Arthur Boka is carried off the field during the team's 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora (L) heads the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder]()
8/28Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora heads the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora (L) heads the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Brian SnyderREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba runs onto the field, after replacing Geoffroy Serey Die in a tactical substitution, during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder]()
9/28Ivory Coast's Drogba runs onto the field, after replacing Serey Die in a tactical substitution, during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba runs onto the field, after replacing Geoffroy Serey Die in a tactical substitution, during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Brian SnyderREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba gestures before the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman]()
10/28Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba gestures before the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba gestures before the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves HermanREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony tries unsuccessfully to score past Japan's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima and Japan's Masato Morishige (6) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
11/28Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony tries to score past Japan's goalkeeper Kawashima during World Cup soccer match at Pernambuco arena
Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony tries unsuccessfully to score past Japan's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima and Japan's Masato Morishige (6) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Gervinho (L) fights for the ball with Japan's Yuto Nagatomo during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
12/28Ivory Coast's Gervinho fights for the ball with Japan's Nagatomo during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Gervinho (L) fights for the ball with Japan's Yuto Nagatomo during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Ivory Coast's Gervinho (2nd L) fights for the ball with Japan's Shinji Okazaki (C) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
13/28Ivory Coast's Gervinho fights for the ball with Japan's Okazaki during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Gervinho (2nd L) fights for the ball with Japan's Shinji Okazaki (C) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Japan's Eiji Kawashima makes a save during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
14/28Japan's Eiji Kawashima makes a save during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Japan's Eiji Kawashima makes a save during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERS![Japan's Eiji Kawashima saves the ball during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman]()
15/28Japan's Eiji Kawashima saves the ball during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Japan's Eiji Kawashima saves the ball during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves HermanREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Ivory Coast's Geoffroy Serey Die (L) falls to the ground after being fouled by Japan's Maya Yoshida during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
16/28Ivory Coast's Serey Die falls to the ground after being fouled by Japan's Yoshida during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Geoffroy Serey Die (L) falls to the ground after being fouled by Japan's Maya Yoshida during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Japan's coach Alberto Zaccheroni gestures from the sidelines during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
17/28Japan's coach Zaccheroni gestures during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014.
Japan's coach Alberto Zaccheroni gestures from the sidelines during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Geoffroy Serey Die falls as he fights for the ball with Japan's Maya Yoshida during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
18/28Ivory Coast's Geoffroy Serey Die fights for ball with Japan's Yoshida during World Cup soccer match at Pernambuco arena
Ivory Coast's Geoffroy Serey Die falls as he fights for the ball with Japan's Maya Yoshida during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Japan's supporters react after Japan's first goal by Keisuke Honda as they watch the team's 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast on a big screen during a public viewing event at Tokyo dome June 15, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino]()
19/28Japan's supporters react after first goal as they watch the 2014 World Cup match against Ivory Coast in Tokyo
Japan's supporters react after Japan's first goal by Keisuke Honda as they watch the team's 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast on a big screen during a public viewing event at Tokyo dome June 15, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya ShinoREUTERS![Japan's Yuya Osako (L) fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Gervinho during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman]()
20/28Japan's Osako fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Gervinho during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Japan's Yuya Osako (L) fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Gervinho during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves HermanREUTERS![Japan's Keisuke Honda shoots to score a goal past Ivory Coast's Boubacar Barry during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
21/28Japan's Honda shoots to score a goal past Ivory Coast's Barry during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Japan's Keisuke Honda shoots to score a goal past Ivory Coast's Boubacar Barry during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Japan's Keisuke Honda (4) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
22/28Japan's Keisuke Honda celebrates during World Cup soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at Pernambuco arena
Japan's Keisuke Honda (4) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Gervinho reacts during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini]()
23/28Ivory Coast's Gervinho reacts during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Gervinho reacts during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Japan at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniREUTERS![Japan's Shinji Kagawa fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora (front) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman]()
24/28Japan's Kagawa fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Zokora during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Japan's Shinji Kagawa fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora (front) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves HermanREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Ivory Coast's Cheick Tiote (R) fights for the ball with Japan's Keisuke Honda during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman]()
25/28Ivory Coast's Tiote fights for the ball with Japan's Honda during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Cheick Tiote (R) fights for the ball with Japan's Keisuke Honda during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves HermanREUTERS![Japan's Yuto Nagatomo and Ivory Coast's Arthur Boka fight for the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder]()
26/28Japan's Yuto Nagatomo and Ivory Coast's Arthur Boka fight for the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Japan's Yuto Nagatomo and Ivory Coast's Arthur Boka fight for the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Brian SnyderREUTERS![Ivory Coast's Salomon Kalou (L) fights for the ball with Japan's Yuto Nagatomo during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
27/28Ivory Coast's Kalou fights for the ball with Japan's Nagatomo during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife
Ivory Coast's Salomon Kalou (L) fights for the ball with Japan's Yuto Nagatomo during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERSYahoo News is better in the app
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![Ivory Coast and Japan players gather on the pitch before their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. Picture taken with wide angle lens. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich]()
28/28Ivory Coast and Japan players gather on the pitch before their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena
Ivory Coast and Japan players gather on the pitch before their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. Picture taken with wide angle lens. REUTERS/Ruben SprichREUTERS
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Highlights of the Group C match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 14, 2014.
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