Football World Cup 2006 / Group C

Results of Group C of the Football World Cup 2006 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	2	1	0	008: 100	+7	07th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
3.	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	002:100	−8	00

Argentina - Ivory Coast 2-1 (2-0)

Argentina		Ivory Coast		Lineup
	Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Hamburg ( Volksparkstadion ) Spectators: 45,442 (sold out) (press information) ; 49,480 spectators (FIFA data) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   Match report
	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Nicolás Burdisso , Roberto Ayala , Gabriel Heinze , Juan Pablo Sorín - Maxi Rodríguez , Javier Mascherano , Cambiasso - Juan Román Riquelme (90th + 2 ' Pablo Aimar ) - Javier Saviola (76th Lucho ), Hernán Crespo (64th place ) Rodrigo Palacio ) Coach: José Pekerman	Jean-Jacques Tizié - Emmanuel Eboué , Kolo Touré , Abdoulaye Méïté , Arthur Boka - Abdul Kader Keïta (77th Arouna Koné ), Yaya Touré , Didier Zokora , Kanga Akalé (62nd Bakari Koné ) - Bonaventure Kalou (56th Aruna Dindane ) , Didier Drogba Coach: Henri Michel ( France )
	1-0 Crespo (24th), 2-0 Saviola (38th)	2: 1 Drogba (82nd)
	Saviola (41.), Heinze (49.), González (81.)	Eboue (61st), Drogba (90th + 1 ')
		for the Ivory Coast it was the first appearance at a world championship
	Player of the Match: Javier Saviola (Argentina)

Serbia and Montenegro - Netherlands 0: 1 (0: 1)

Serbia-Montenegro		Netherlands		Lineup
	Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Leipzig ( Zentralstadion ) Spectators: 37,216 (press information) ; 43,000 (sold out) (FIFA information, but this also names the 37,216) Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany )   Match report
	Dragoslav Jevrić - Igor Duljaj , Goran Gavrančić , Mladen Krstajić , Ivica Dragutinović - Nenad Đorđević (43 Koman ) - Predrag Đorđević , Albert Nađ , Dejan Stanković - Savo Milosevic (46. Nikola Žigić ), Mateja Kežman (67th Danijel Ljuboja ) coach : Ilija Petković	Edwin van der Sar - John Heitinga , André Ooijer , Joris Mathijsen (86th Khalid Boulahrouz ), Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Mark van Bommel (60th Denny Landzaat ), Phillip Cocu - Wesley Sneijder - Robin van Persie , Ruud van Nistelrooy (69. Dirk Kuyt ), Arjen Robben Trainer: Marco van Basten
		0: 1 seals (18.)
	Stanković (34th), Koroman (64th), Dragutinović (81st), Gavrančić (90th)	van Bronckhorst (56th), Heitinga (85th)
	Player of the Match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands)

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Argentina - Serbia and Montenegro 6: 0 (3: 0)

Argentina		Serbia and Montenegro		Lineup
	Friday, June 16, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Veltins-Arena ) Spectators: 52,000 (sold out) Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   Match report
	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Nicolás Burdisso , Roberto Ayala , Gabriel Heinze , Juan Pablo Sorín - Maxi Rodríguez (75th Lionel Messi ), Javier Mascherano , Lucho (17th Esteban Cambiasso ) - Juan Román Riquelme - Javier Saviola (59th Carlos Tévez ), Hernán Crespo coach: José Pekerman	Dragoslav Jevrić - Igor Duljaj , Goran Gavrančić , Mladen Krstajić , Milan Dudić - Albert Nađ (46. Ivan Ergić ) - Ognjen Koroman (50th Danijel Ljuboja ), Predrag Đorđević , Dejan Stanković - Savo Milosevic (70th Zvonimir Vukić ), Mateja Kežman Coach: Ilija Petković
	1-0 Rodríguez (6th) 2-0 Cambiasso (31st) 3-0 Rodríguez (41st) 4-0 Crespo (78th) 5-0 Tévez (84th) 6-0 Messi (88th)
	Crespo (36th)	Koroman (7th), Nađ (27th), Krstajić (42nd)
		Kežman (65th, gross foul)
	Setting of Argentina's highest victory at a world championship highest half-time lead of Argentina at a world championship The preparatory work for the 2-0 consisted of 26 consecutive ball contacts by the Argentines without a Serb getting the ball Lionel Messi's first goal in a World Cup (fourth youngest at this moment)	highest defeat of Serbia and Montenegro or Yugoslavia at a world championship
	Player of the Match: Juan Riquelme (Argentina)

Special features: .

• first game of a world championship in which all three substitute players on a team score a goal

Netherlands - Ivory Coast 2: 1 (2: 1)

Netherlands		Ivory Coast		Lineup
	Friday, June 16, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Stuttgart ( Gottlieb Daimler Stadium ) Spectators: 47,757 (press information) ; 52,000 (sold out) (FIFA data) Referee: Óscar Julián Ruiz ( Colombia )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - John Heitinga (46th Khalid Boulahrouz ), André Ooijer , Joris Mathijsen , Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Mark van Bommel , Wesley Sneijder (50th Rafael van der Vaart ), Phillip Cocu - Robin van Persie , Ruud van Nistelrooy ( 73. Denny Landzaat ), Arjen Robben Trainer: Marco van Basten	Jean-Jacques Tizié - Emmanuel Eboué , Kolo Touré , Abdoulaye Méïté , Arthur Boka - Bakari Koné (62nd Aruna Dindane ), Yaya Touré , Didier Zokora , Romaric (62nd Gilles Yapi Yapo ) - Arouna Koné (73rd Kanga Akalé ), Didier Drogba Coach: Henri Michel ( France )
	1: 0 van Persie (23rd) 2: 0 van Nistelrooy (27th)	2: 1 B. Koné (38th)
	Robben (34th), Mathijsen (35th), van Bommel (58th), Landzaat (90th + 4 ')	Zokora (25th), Drogba (41st), Boka (66th)
	Player of the Match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands)

Specialty:

• first international match between the Netherlands and Ivory Coast
• first ambush marketing campaign by the Dutch brewery Bavaria

Netherlands 0-0 Argentina

Netherlands		Argentina		Lineup
	Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Frankfurt ( Commerzbank-Arena ) Spectators: 48,000 (sold out) Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )   Match report
	Edwin van der Sar - Kew Jaliens , André Ooijer , Khalid Boulahrouz , Tim de Cler - Rafael van der Vaart , Phillip Cocu , Wesley Sneijder (86th Hedwiges Maduro ) - Robin van Persie (67th Denny Landzaat ), Ruud van Nistelrooy (56th) . Ryan Babel ), Dirk Kuyt Trainer: Marco van Basten	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Nicolás Burdisso (24th Fabricio Coloccini ), Gabriel Milito , Roberto Ayala , Leandro Cufré - Maxi Rodríguez , Javier Mascherano , Esteban Cambiasso - Juan Román Riquelme (80th Pablo Aimar ) - Carlos Tévez , Lionel Messi (70th Julio Cruz ) Coach: José Pekerman
	Kuyt (28th), Ooijer (42nd), de Cler (48th)	Cambiasso (57th), Mascherano (90th)
	for Phillip Cocu it was the 100th international match
	Player of the Match: Carlos Tévez (Argentina)

Ivory Coast - Serbia and Montenegro 3: 2 (1: 2)

Ivory Coast		Serbia and Montenegro		Lineup
	Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Munich ( Allianz Arena ) Spectators: 66,000 (sold out) Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( Mexico )   Match report
	Boubacar Barry - Emmanuel Eboué , Arthur Boka - Abdul Kader Keïta (73rd Bonaventure Kalou ), Arouna Koné , Yaya Touré , Didier Zokora , Kanga Akalé (60th Bakari Koné ) - Aruna Dindane , Cyril Domoraud , Blaise Kouassi Trainer: Henri Michel ( France )	Dragoslav Jevrić - Igor Duljaj , Goran Gavrančić , Mladen Krstajić (16th Albert Nađ ), Milan Dudić - Ivan Ergić , Nenad Đorđević , Predrag Đorđević , Dejan Stanković - Nikola Žigić (67th Savo Milosevic ), Saša Ilija Petković Coach: Ilija
	1: 2 Dindane (37th, hand penalty) 2: 2 Dindane (67th) 3: 2 Kalou (86th, hand penalty)	0: 1 Žigić (10th) 0: 2 Ilić (20th)
	Keïta (33.), Domoraud (41.), Dindane (43.)	Nađ (17th), Dudić (35th), Duljaj (37th), Gavrančić (57th)
	Domoraud (90 '+ 2', repeated foul play)	Nađ (45th + 1 ', repeated foul play)
		last international match of the national team of the disintegrated confederation of Serbia and Montenegro
	Player of the Match: Aruna Dindane (Ivory Coast)