Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
LINEUPS:
Brazil (451): Cesar, Maicon, Bastos, Lucio (Luisao 70'), Juan, G. Silva, Melo, Alves, Fabiano, Kaka, Robinho (Ramires 70')
Cote d'Ivoire (433): Barry, Demel, Tiene, K. Toure, Zokora, Y. Toure, Eboue (Kone 76'), Tiote, Drogba (Doumbia 61'), Gervinho, Dindane
The tenth day of competition ended with this exciting contest that could have ended any which way. The Ivory Coast had their first chance cleared in the goalmouth, Gervinho unable to chip the ball in after Tiote put him through one-on-one, and Kaka shot his early effort into the side netting. Fabiano ripped one an inch over the bar with Barry rooted to the ground, and Tiote had his own chance alone against Cesar thanks to an inspired through ball by Emmanuel Eboue but his effort was saved by the legs of the Brazilian keeper.
The teams continued to exchange chances with Gervinho having chance either side of half time. His initial effort deflected for the first in a series of Cote d'Ivoire corners and his second missed by a mile. At the other end Fabiano wasted his shot when he had some space in the area, but he made up for it by putting the perfect ball into the box for Kaka to run onto and side foot under the goalie. After that Brazil bossed the game and refused to concede possession, effectively killing the game.
Brazil 1 - 0 Cote d'Ivoire
Goalscorers:
BRA Kaka 64'
Discipline:
CIV Tiene 9'
CIV Y. Toure 48'
Man of the Match:
BRA Maicon
| GROUP G | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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