{"id":17918,"date":"2026-06-25T22:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17918"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:32:57","slug":"world-cup-ivory-coast-advances-to-first-knockout-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17918","title":{"rendered":"World Cup: Ivory Coast advances to first knockout round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Ivory Coast got goals from Nicolas P\u00e9p\u00e9 in each half and advanced to the World Cup knockout round for the first time in the West African team\u2019s history with a 2-0 victory over Cura\u00e7ao on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17916\">Dodgers\u2019 scrappy Alex Call embraces being \u2018a pest\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Les \u00c9l\u00e9phants have crashed the party and made it out of their group for the first time in four World Cup appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast beat Ecuador 1-0 in its tournament opener \u2014 at the same Philadelphia stadium as Thursday\u2019s game \u2014 and lost to Germany in its Group E second game.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast will play June 30 against either France or Norway \u2014 whichever is the runner-up in Group I.<\/p>\n<p>Cura\u00e7ao needed to win and instead failed to become the smallest nation to qualify for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9p\u00e9, who plays for the Spanish club Villarreal, wiped out all the suspense in this one early, scoring in just the seventh minute and the lead held the rest of the game in front of an enthusiastic crowd that made Les \u00c9l\u00e9phants feel at home. Ivory Coast held its training base in nearby Delaware and practiced at the Philadelphia suburban home of Major League Soccer\u2019s Philadelphia Union.<\/p>\n<p>Throw in a friendly (against the Union\u2019s second team), and the thrilling win in the 90th minute against Ecuador, and Les \u00c9l\u00e9phants found their adoptive fans among the crowd of 68,324 \u2014 about 40% of the population of Cura\u00e7ao \u2014 at the home of the NFL\u2019s Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The fans in Ivory Coast orange went wild when P\u00e9p\u00e9 scored again on a left-footed shot from the far corner in the 64th minute to seal the win. He was subbed out three minutes later to earn just a bit more rest for the June 30 game that will serve as the biggest one for the national team in World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17914\">What to know about Harvey Weinstein\u2019s cases after a rape charge was dropped<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ivory Coast needed only a draw to advance yet played with a competitive fire the rest of the game and never let Cura\u00e7ao seem close to getting even in this one.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast pounced when 19-year-old Yan Diomande, who came to America four years earlier as soccer prospect who couldn\u2019t speak any English, snared the ball when Curacao failed to clear it and fed it to P\u00e9p\u00e9 for the easy goal past Eloy Room.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Room had made 15 saves against a relentless Ecuador attack and helped The Blue Wave earn their first-ever point with a 0-0 draw on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Cura\u00e7ao is an autonomous territory of about 156,000 people in the Caribbean within the Netherlands kingdom. 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