Ivory Coast needed Portugal to lose to Brazil AND to outscore them by 9 so this match had the energy of a party everyone knew was already over Yaya opened it in 14 minutes Romaric made it two 6 minutes later from a tap in that came after drogba attempted to murder the keeper but he was lucky that he strikes the crossbar and at that point the maths was already a crime scene but North Korea fought their keeper made 9 saves against 28 shots and deserved a guard of honour on the way off Kalou tidied up late final score 3-0 and everyone goes home the golden generation of Ivory Coast Drogba, Yaya, Kalou, Zokora at their peak powers in a group of death absolutely robbed by that fuckass draw Narrative 3.5 Tactics: 2.5 Chances: 3.5 Goals: 2.5 Drama: 2 3/5