World Cup 2014 Brazil » Group C » Live commentary: Colombia - Ivory Coast 2:1

Endgame Summary:
After a pretty intensive second half Colombia beats Ivory Coast 2-1. In the 64th minute James Rodríguez brought the South Americans into the leading position by powering a header into the net from close range following a corner. Only six minutes later Juan Quintero increased the lead by exploiting a bad mistake of the Elephant's defense. He found himself completely alone in front of Boubacar Barry and finished clinically. But the match was not yet decided: In the 73th minute Gervinho scored and brought is team back into play. Afterwards the Africans created some more chances but were not able to equalize. Thank you for paying attention! Until next time!

Los Cafeteros are running down the clock as much as possible. They try to keep possession of the ball, but the Elephants are attacking intensively. One minute of extra time remaining!

Cheick Tioté (Ivory Coast) is shown a yellow card

Serge Aurier dribbles past Santiago Arias and is challenged by the Colombian roughly. Free-kick close to the right side of the box!

About seven minutes remaining. You can almost touch the pressure in the stadium with your hands. What a match!

Relentless pressure from the Elephant's! Colombia have hardly been out of their own half in the last few minutes. Are the Africans able to equalize?

Drogba gets the ball at the edge of the penalty area. He doesn't wait for long and shoots almost immediately. The ball is deflected by the Colombian defense and doesn't reach the goal.

Goooal for Colombia, 2:0 by Juan Quintero
Colombia increases its lead! After a bad mistake of the Elephant's defense, Teófilo Gutiérrez slips a pass trough to Juan Quintero. Quintero finds himself completely alone in front of Barry and finishes clinically into the bottom left corner of the goal!

The 1-0 is well deserved. The South Americans have had more and better opportunities than their opponents.

The hero of the Elephants is now on the pitch! Sabri Lamouchi has sent Didier Drogba in.

What an excellent chance for Ivory Coast! Touré drives a cross into the box with his side-foot. Bony finds himself completely alone eight metres in front of the goal! He tries a bicycle kick, but misses the ball!

José Pekerman replaces Víctor Ibarbo by Juan Quintero. Is the new man on the pitch able to shoot his team into lead?

Howard Webb awards a free-kick to the Africans 22 metres in front of the goal.

Gervinho runs past Cristián Zapata with the ball and is fouled by the Colombian defender. That was clearly a tactical foul, so the Cafetero can be lucky of not being booked!

We are back in Brasília! The second half is underway!

Halftime Summary:
After the first 45 minutes of the match the spectators in Brasília are still waiting for the first goal. Colombia had a better start and the first opportunity to score, but Teófilo Gutiérrez' shot missed the goal. Afterwards the action mainly took place in the midfield until Gutiérrez has the best chance of the match in the 28th minute. He found himself completely alone in front of Boubacar Barry, but misses the goal ruefully. Ivory Coast only had one opportunity to score, but after Auries shot, Ospina made a good save. Are we going to see goals in the second half? Hopefully! We will be back in a few minutes!

There will be one minute of extra time in the first half.

James Rodríguez tries to slip a pass trough to Teófilo Gutiérrez, who has gathered himself some space. Unfortunately for the South Americans the pass is intercepted by the Elephant's defense.

The corner is centred harmlessly into the box.

Los Cafeteros drive a cross into the penalty area, but the ball sails off the pitch.

That was by far the best chance of the match. Can Colombia create more opportunities?

Cheick Tioté shoots from 22 metres of distance, but his effort flies about 2 metres beyond the crossbar.

Colombia is in the driving seat. Ivory Coast is sitting deep and are waiting for the offensive moves of Los Cafeteros to come. In case they win the ball, they try to start a counterattack.

Carlos Sánchez tries his luck from distance. His shot is deflected dangerously, but Boubacar Barry pays attention and catches the ball.

The supporters of Los Cafeteros are producing an enormous roar. Almost the whole stadium is coloured in yellow, the jersey colour of the South Americans.

Ivory Coast receive the first corner of the match. Gradel passes the ball to Gervinho, who drives a cross into the box. There, the header of one of the African attackers is blocked by the Colombian defense.

First opportunity for Colombia! After a mistake by Souleymane Bamba Teófilo Gutiérrez drags an effort from the edge of the box. The ball misses the goal by about half a metre!

The Elephants play a long trough ball from deep onto the left wing. They try to bring Arthur Boka in a good position, but the ball is played too hard, so the full-back can't reach it.

Here we go! The match is underway!

The players are on the pitch. After the national anthems we will be ready for kick-off!

Like in the first match Didier Drogba firstly remains on the bench and is not part of Ivory Coast's starting lineup. In the match against Japan he entered the pitch in the 62th minute. Will he be send in today again?

Both managers trust in an 4-3-2-1-system. José Pekerman's goalkeeper in the starting eleven is David Ospina. Right in front of him Pablo Armero, Mario Yepes, Cristián Zapata and Juan Zúñiga are forming the four-man backfield defense. In the defensive part of midfield the manager wants Carlos Sánchez and Abel Aguilar control the match. In the more offensive part of midfield he sends Víctor Ibarbo, James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado onto the pitch. The striker in the centre of the attacking area is Teófilo Gutiérrez.

Until now Colombia never have one more than one game at any World Cup edition. So it will be a new national record, if they manage to beat Ivory Coast. The two opponents never met each other before, so we will see a premiere in a about 50 minutes.

In the National Stadium "Mané Garrincha" in Brasília we are going to see the clash between the 8th of the FIFA world ranking Colombia and the Elephants from Ivory Coast, who are ranked on 23rd position by the International Federation of Association Football. The official home team of this match is in leading position of Group C, after beating Greece 3-0 in their first match of the tournament. In the absence of their most famous prolific goal scorer Radamel Falcao Pablo Armero, Teófilo Gutiérrez and James Rodríguez scored for Los Cafeteros (which means The Coffee Growers and is the nickname of the Colombian football team).