Nusa's wonder strike, Diomande's nightmare, Amad's late drama, full ratings from a thriller in Dallas

Beaten by Norway (2-1) connected Tuesday 30 June successful Dallas successful the past 32 of the World Cup 2026, Ivory Coast permission the contention with regrets.

The Elephants believed for agelong periods that they could unit other time, successful nary tiny portion acknowledgment to an fantabulous cameo from Amad Diallo, who scored the equaliser and came agonisingly adjacent to forcing other clip with a escaped footwear successful stoppage time. However, Erling Haaland's Norway yet made the quality to triumph 2-1 and articulation Brazil successful the past 16. Here are the subordinate ratings from the match.

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Ivory Coast subordinate ratings vs Norway

Yahia Fofana — 5/10

A frustrating lucifer for him. He did not look repeated unit connected his goal. Reasonably composed and assured successful his distribution. Powerless connected some goals conceded.

Guela Doue — 6.5/10

He had a thoroughly troublesome hostile connected his flank successful the signifier of Antonio Nusa. Still, the Strasbourg right-back delivered an wide coagulated display, with respective promising guardant forays, including a almighty first-half cross.

Odilon Kossounou — 4/10

In his 3rd consecutive start, the centre-back delivered a reasonably underwhelming performance. Beaten successful the aerial by some Sorloth and Haaland, helium appeared to deficiency chemistry with antiaircraft spouse Agbadou.

Emmanuel Agbadou — 4/10

Restored to the broadside aft being rested against Curacao, the erstwhile Reims antheral made nary evident idiosyncratic error, but helium cannot flight immoderate blasted for his escaped positioning connected Norway's 2nd goal.

Ghislain Konan — 6.5/10

The designer of Ivory Coast's archetypal accidental with a changeable that ended up successful the broadside netting, the 30-year-old left-back erstwhile again contributed much successful onslaught than defence. Caught retired for gait connected a fewer occasions, but mostly a beardown presence.

Franck Kessie — 4/10

On an upward trajectory aft 2 accordant performances against Germany and Curacao, the Elephants' skipper was little disposable this time. Plenty of carnal beingness successful midfield, but excessively fewer vertical passes to make existent danger.

Ibrahim Sangare — 6/10

Again deployed arsenic a holding midfielder, helium covered an tremendous magnitude of ground, plugging gaps and crucially clearing a Haaland header disconnected the line. A interaction dilatory to way backmost for the 2nd goal.

Christ Inao Oulai — 5/10

Outstanding successful erstwhile outings, the Elephants' young gem had little imaginativeness and power successful midfield this time. Substituted astatine the hr mark.

Yan Diomande — 3/10

A show to hide for the Elephants' wonderkid. Heavily anticipated and already tracked by immoderate of Europe's biggest clubs, the winger was efficaciously silenced by a Norway broadside that had intelligibly identified the menace helium posed. Double-teamed, fixed small abstraction and pressed relentlessly, the probable aboriginal ex-Leipzig antheral faced bespoke attraction each evening. Tellingly, helium did not implicit a azygous palmy dribble each match.

Nicolas Pepe — 7/10

Clearly 1 of Ivory Coast's standout performers. Highly progressive and inspired successful his dribbling and bursts of pace, helium posed a changeless threat. Decisive successful the build-up to Amad Diallo's goal.

Ange-Yoan Bonny — 2/10

A catastrophic display. He ne'er managed to occupation the absorption defence, lacking sharpness, technically imprecise and consistently dilatory to respond to the galore crosses delivered into the box.

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Elye Wahi — 5.5/10

A much-improved cameo. Showed bully availability up front, with a fistful of promising movements disconnected the shoulder. Still, nary clear-cut chances to amusement for it.

Amad Diallo — 8/10

He played small much than 30 minutes but was unquestionably the champion subordinate connected the transportation for Ivory Coast. He scored the equaliser with a superb solo tally wrong the container and astir forced other clip with a beautifully struck escaped kick, lone for it to beryllium deflected distant astatine the past moment.

Oumar Diakite — Not rated

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Norway subordinate ratings vs Ivory Coast

Orjan Haskjold Nyland — 7/10

He produced a superb prevention to contradict Amad's escaped footwear and sphere Norway's spot successful the adjacent round. Rarely tested successful the archetypal half, helium proved decisive astatine the nonstop infinitesimal his broadside needed him.

David Moller Wolfe — 4/10

He had a broadly coagulated lucifer connected the attacking side, with respective promising guardant runs. However, helium was fixed a hard clip by Pepe and was made to look bewildered by Amad connected the equaliser.

Torbjorn Heggem — 7/10

A commanding show astatine the bosom of the defence. He gave Bonny thing to enactment with each evening, with respective decisive interventions. He astir scored the extremity that would person enactment Norway 2 wide from a corner.

Kristoffer Ajer — 6/10

Equally untroubled alongside his antiaircraft partner. Composed successful possession, and astatine 6ft 5in helium was uncompromising successful aerial duels.

Marcus Pedersen — 5/10

Sander Berge — 6.5/10

A changeless beingness successful midfield. He served arsenic the launchpad for Norway's attacks, getting done plentifulness of enactment connected the ball. He besides managed the tempo of the lucifer effectively, breaking up Ivory Coast's bushed whenever the unit built.

Patrick Berg — 7.5/10

A precise beardown lucifer for the Bodo/Glimt midfielder. Precise successful his distribution, helium was progressive successful astir each cardinal transition of play and delivered the superb assistance that acceptable up Haaland's decisive goal.

Antonio Nusa — 7/10

A changeless menace for the Ivorians each evening. Most notably, helium scored a magnificent extremity with a sumptuous curling finish. Lively and unsafe passim connected his flank.

Martin Odegaard — 6.5/10

He grew into the crippled arsenic it progressed. Relatively quiescent successful the archetypal half, helium was a changeless outlet successful the second, regularly dropping heavy to assistance physique attacks. He provided the cleanable walk to acceptable up Nusa's opener.

Erling Haaland — 6/10

It does not instrumentality overmuch for him to punish his opponents, and helium proved that erstwhile again. More noticeable for his antiaircraft contributions than his attacking actions for overmuch of the match, the striker again demonstrated that helium remains lethal and ruthless connected adjacent the slightest half-chance.

Alexander Sorloth — 6.5/10

A precocious level of enactment down his channel. He produced an fantabulous lay-off for Haaland soon earlier half-time (41st minute). Frequently utilized arsenic a people man, helium caused sizeable problems for the Ivorian defence.

SUBSTITUTES

Oscar Bobb — Not rated

Andreas Schjelderup — Not rated

Fredrik Aursnes — Not rated