The game kicked off smoothly, with both sides showing professionalism and integrity of football. Then came Fabulous Fabiano at the 25' minute, striking in clean to give the Samba kings the lead. He then appeared after the halftime break 51' and scored a 'dirty goal'-apparently, he handled the ball twice before striking it into the net. Clip replays showed this very clearly, and making matters worse the French ref had an interaction with Fabiano after he scored, in a conversation that seemed to tell that the ref saw it all but assumed. The third goal came from Elated Elano at 62'. Drogba did himself justice when he, at the 79'minute, caught the Brazilian defence square to find himself alone as he headed it in fantastically. Things turned ugly at the 82' minute when Kaka-who previously had earlier been yellow carded-sent off with a red, in what the ref saw as an aftermath of a foul on Keita.(clip showed Keita running into Kaka from behind, as the two contacted, Kaka pushed Keita backward on the stomach area, but Keita held his face in 'Pain' as he fell down. After that, The Elephants came close thrice but final score was Brazil 3-1 Ivory Coast. (also important to note, the ref denied the Ivorians a clear penalty). This makes the Rio kings, the second team into the knock outs after Argentina....
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