Ivory Coast and Portugal played out a lackluster goalless draw in their World Cup Group G opener in Port Elizabeth.
Portugal had the best chance to break the stalemate on a crisp winter's afternoon when Cristiano Ronaldo hammered a 30-yard shot against the frame of the goal in the first half.
Lineups:
Ivory Coast: Boubacar Barry; Guy Demel, Kolo Touré, Didier Zokora, Siaka Tiéné; Emmanuel Eboué (Romaric, 89), Yaya Touré, Cheik Tioté; Gervinho (Abdulkader Keïta, 82); Aruna Dindane, Salomon Kalou (Didier Drogba, 66)
Portugal: Eduardo; Paulo Ferreira, Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Fábio Coentrão; Deco (Tiago, 62), Pedro Mendes, Raúl Meireles (Ruben Amorim, 85); Cristiano Ronaldo, Liédson, Danny (Simão, 55)
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Portugal had the best chance to break the stalemate on a crisp winter's afternoon when Cristiano Ronaldo hammered a 30-yard shot against the frame of the goal in the first half.
Lineups:
Ivory Coast: Boubacar Barry; Guy Demel, Kolo Touré, Didier Zokora, Siaka Tiéné; Emmanuel Eboué (Romaric, 89), Yaya Touré, Cheik Tioté; Gervinho (Abdulkader Keïta, 82); Aruna Dindane, Salomon Kalou (Didier Drogba, 66)
Portugal: Eduardo; Paulo Ferreira, Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Fábio Coentrão; Deco (Tiago, 62), Pedro Mendes, Raúl Meireles (Ruben Amorim, 85); Cristiano Ronaldo, Liédson, Danny (Simão, 55)
Statistics:
| Shots on target : | 1 | - | 1 |
| Shots off target : | 6 | - | 5 |
| Ball possession (%) : | 51 | - | 49 |
| Corner kicks : | 6 | - | 4 |
| Offsides : | 2 | - | 1 |
| Fouls : | 17 | - | 14 |
| Yellow cards : | 2 | - | 1 |
| Red cards : | 0 | - | 0 |
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