The score was 3-1 and three of the Ivorian side got booked. Also, Kaka got sent off.
But it's not all about Brazil because Portugal and North Korea were up next in the 30th match of the tounament. Portugal won 7-0 (including an own goal from a North Korean who would probably get shot by Kim Jong-Il) and four players, two from North Korea and two from Portugal, were booked.
Then, it was two nations who have hosted previous World Cups but have not yet managed to win: Switzerland and Chile. The quickest yellow card so far was dished out just over one minute into the game: Humberto Suazo of Chile. There were a total of nine yellow cards shown in the game, and Valom Behrami got red-carded in the 32nd minute. An attempt at goal in the 49th minute was disallowed because three Chilean players were offside but Chile finally scored a goal in the 76th minute and the final scoreline was 1-0 to Chile.
Then, Spain took on Honduras. We are halfway through the World Cup and every match so far has seen the buzzing noise of thousands of vuvuzelas, and at least one of the players getting booked for anything from removal of shirts after scoring goals to a rather undeserved yellow card for not leaving on a stretcher when said stretcher was supposedly required. This match is no exception, with two Hondurans seeing the dreaded yellow card. The score was 2-0 to Spain.
Today is the 24th anniversary of Maradona's Hand of God goal. In case you're not aware of such a thing, Diego Maradona scored a goal with his hand in the Argentina vs England quarterfinal at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City during the 1986 World Cup.
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