• Gervinho (not pictured) scores past Japan’s goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima to put Ivory Coast 2-1 up. Yves Herman / Reuters
    Gervinho (not pictured) scores past Japan’s goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima to put Ivory Coast 2-1 up. Yves Herman / Reuters
  • Japan’s Yuto Nagatomo lies injured on the ground. Stefano Rellandini / Reuters
    Japan’s Yuto Nagatomo lies injured on the ground. Stefano Rellandini / Reuters
  • Serge Aurier and Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro embrace after securing their Group C win against Japan. Julian Finney / Getty Images
    Serge Aurier and Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro embrace after securing their Group C win against Japan. Julian Finney / Getty Images
  • Maya Yoshida heads the ball. Shuji Kajiyama / AP Photo
    Maya Yoshida heads the ball. Shuji Kajiyama / AP Photo
  • Gervinho runs past Kawashima as he celebrates scoring his side’s winner. Petr David Josek / AP Photo
    Gervinho runs past Kawashima as he celebrates scoring his side’s winner. Petr David Josek / AP Photo
  • Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba proves to be a handful for Masato Morishige, left, and Yuto Nagatomo. Dolores Ochoa / AP Photo
    Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba proves to be a handful for Masato Morishige, left, and Yuto Nagatomo. Dolores Ochoa / AP Photo
  • Gervinho celebrates. Youri Kochetkov / EPA
    Gervinho celebrates. Youri Kochetkov / EPA
  • Didier Drogba celebrates Ivory Coast’s win. Youri Kochetkov / EPA
    Didier Drogba celebrates Ivory Coast’s win. Youri Kochetkov / EPA
  • Shinji Okazaki, left, and Constant Djakpa battle for the ball. Ricardo Mazalan / AP Photo
    Shinji Okazaki, left, and Constant Djakpa battle for the ball. Ricardo Mazalan / AP Photo

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World Cup in pictures: Ivory Coast stage comeback win

Mark Asquith

June 15, 2014

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Didier Drogba came off the bench to inspire Ivory Coast to a 2-1 comeback victory over Japan in a World Cup Group C match on Saturday.

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