Tiéné 2-0 Amorim
This game started very well and so did the Éléphants' marauding left-back Tiéné, demonstrating a no-nonsense defending style on a number of occasions. In the absence of Didier Drogba, Côte d'Ivoire's number 17 stepped up to try to bend in a free-kick in the first half but it drifted agonisingly wide. Overall he performed admirably, charging up and down the left flank to reasonable effect, supporting Ivorian attacks and harrying in defence.
Despite most forecasts, in the dying minutes Carlos Queiroz threw on Portugal's emergency fill-in 17, Benfica's Ruben Amorim, who demonstrated some decent touches but was not on the pitch long enough to score any points.
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