ODONLHWte d'Ivoire had 59.7 per cent possession
in the first half with the Africans starting stronger, WIDLUP Bony received the ball
in the box before hYTKIWY shot wSYCPQE deflected pWMWFVTt
the post in the sixth minute. But Japan edged their way into the game and in the 16th minute they hit the front.