It's a sunny weather in Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza for the Group C's second match.
Below are the highlights of the match between the Greeks and the Ivorians:
STANDINGS - GROUP C
The two teams are out on the pitch and take their place for the national anthems.
Greece's
'Hymn to Liberty' plays out first and the crowd sing along with the
players.
The Côte
d'Ivoire players are wearing black
armbands in memory of Ibrahim Toure, brother of Yaya and Kolo, who sadly
passed away last week. Sabri Lamouchi before the match said the
brothers "made an extremely tough
decision [to stay in Brazil] and I'm grateful to them for their courage.”
L'Abidjanaise
plays out and the players, led by their captain Didier Drogba, sing passionately. Given the recent bereavement in
the squad, it's a moving moment for all concerned.
Côte
d'Ivoire get us underway in Fortaleza.
Kone
curls in a free-kick after Bamba
raised his foot too high in the challenge. However, Torosidis impedes his marker, and it's a free kick.
The ball is played long up to Drogba who flicks on superbly to the
advancing Gervinho. The Roma forward sprints on to the ball and
tries to take on Manolas, but the Olympiacos defender shepherds it behind
for a corner. The set piece is cleared by Kone.
The
Greece No1, who hasn't conceded a World Cup goal for
almost two hours, is replaced by PAOK
stopper Glykos.
Glykosmade a late surge to usurp Michail Sifakis in Greece's World Cup squad.It's quite a rise for the Greece No12,who makes his finals debut having only made his first appearance for Greece inMarch this year.
GREECE
GOALKEEPER
- 2International Caps
- 190Centimeters
- Date of Birth10 Oct 1986
- Current clubPAOK FC (GRE)
OFF
THE BAR! Samaras
sprints clear of the chasing Côte d'Ivoire defenders and plays in the
left-back Cholevas. He gallops past
the Ivorian defence and hammers a shot at goal. Barry is beaten by the superb right-footed effort, but it's back
off the woodwork.
Karagounis
steps up to hit the set piece after Die conceded the free-kick. He strikes it
low at goal, but Barry collects.
The Côte
d'Ivoire captain goes into the book after sliding in late on Samaris.
GOAL!
SAMARIS! Samaras pounces on a short pass by Tiote and the No7
touches it onto Samaris. The
substitute sprints through, composes himself and lifts it over the oncoming Barry. Greece are going through if the
scores remain the same!
HALF TIME: It's the Greeks who lead at the interval thanks to substitute Andreas Samaris's first international goal. It's Greece's only goal of the World Cup so far, but it could be enough to send them into the Round of 16. As things stand, with Japan and Colombia level in Cuiaba, Greece would be in the knockout stages if the games were to finish as they are.
GRE
CIV
STATISTICS
Ball possession
| 6 | Fouls Committed | 9 |
| 2 | Attempts On Target | 3 |
| 3 | Shots | 3 |
| 1 | Total Goals scored | 0 |
| 0 | Penalties scored | 0 |
