Côte d’Ivoire (aka Ivory Coast) v Norway- Official match thread.

I'm doubling up Ivory Coast with France, Otherwise I'm just not motivated to watch...

Norway only have one big name player and I think Haaland will probably score. Maybe BTTS and 1-1FT. Côte d’Ivoire maybe a bit too physical for the likes of Odegaard etc.

has the look of a 2-2, 3-2 or 2-3 to me. So cue 0-0.

Temporarily just watching got caught again last night with bookings, over 2.5 in the German game, could not believe it. So a fantasy small bet 10 bags of nothing on 1st half goal.

Norway are technically very good. Fancy them to win and very happy with 2.2.

Ivory Coast looked ok against Germany, but we all saw how bad they were. Not sure how this one will pan out. A few bob 0-0 to trade.

Norway will be well rested, of course. After the France game. And we were all on that one, I hope.

Norway are hopefully going home

No particular liking for either side, don't mind who wins. I've backed 0-0 at 13, now at 8. So, I could lay off already, but I'll probably leave it until it's too late as usual.

I'm on Côte d’Ivoire to qualify at 2.66. They're looking like the better team here. I'd like Norway to qualify though.

Ivory Coast look well organised, they won't be easy to break down.

This No card situation needs attention that was a Yellow all day long , straight red not given last night , its endless

more chance the Coaches being booked than guys on the Field

looked a yellow to me. So much stuff going unnoticed or unpunished.

Why no Amad?

Norway will need to show more guile. Just getting Haaland to charge at the keeper is not going to work against decent opposition.

IC look the better side to me.

Ivory Coast edging this match.. 3/1 seems to have been the value bet, at the start..

Closed for a small loss and played unders, market seems very keen on goals

good goal though

1.62 1-0 up

1-0 Norway.

kept nicely out of the keeper's reach.

Jun 30, 2026 -- 12:26PM, the old nanny ;-) wrote:

This No card situation needs attention that was a Yellow all day long , straight red not given last night , its endless more chance the Coaches being booked than guys on the Field

Yes I done a lot of money on bookings in 2 matches and stopped. One was the last minute and I thought thank the lord for that, nearly had the players shirt... blew for full time a few seconds later.

Jun 30, 2026 -- 11:59AM, ALIEN SEX FIEND wrote:

Temporarily just watching got caught again last night with bookings, over 2.5 in the German game, could not believe it. So a fantasy small bet 10 bags of nothing on 1st half goal.

So my fantasy bet goal in 1st half comes in again, placed the bet and you know 0-0 h/t.

went down like he was shot, otherwise might've got a look in, for the shirt pull

To me it was a pen or a booking for diving.

There has been a lot of diving during the competition, anybody know if anyone has been booked for it yet.

Steph don't take me the wrong way, think I would rather see Benni or Wayne's legs.

Superb goal,need Norway to score again now,or another 2 Goals if
Ivory Coast score.

somebody should attack that

just put the ball in the quadrant, FFS. it's not that difficult.

nuso 8.6 to score , not a bad price  8 in 27 for norway

could've been a pen, but comms were banging on about Serena Willams, so missed it.

1-1, Diallo

get innnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, now win it

Squeezed that ball between the pair of them

They deserved that ,been better team for me.

Nice goal, guy on line thought about hand balling it, didn't he?

much better

debatable if it,s goal of thiss game but murphy has it as goal of the tournament

can't give a pen for that, I don't think.

draw would be the right result, it's as even as it gets

a good goal, took full advantage of static defending

I always find it funny when the player wants the ball an inch more outside the quadrant and then over hits it by 20 feet .

yea it amazes me, they take so much time putting it outside the quadrant but with the circumference hanging over the line. For what sort of advantage god knows.

oddergards that slow he,s see,s every  pass 5 secs after 70,000 fans and 100 million tv viewers have played it

b ollocks

2-1, it just hit him

Corner flag is off putting to right footer taking inswinger
from left side, takes most of the quadrant out of play. Then
you don't want ball on line.


Haaland doing Haaland stuff.

sickener

A nice little tap in.

Nice.

Odegaards the best player on the pitch,

you alright mate? stay down.

Sweet save dat.

this might kick off after the final whistle

2-1 Good result.

Serena does look slimmer around the waist

wrong fred

Odegaard very annoying in that match. Buzzing around looking for the ball only to play it backwards again and again, then they give it to someone else and it goes straight forwards. Screeching at the lino and then acting the hard man at the end. Lucky he didn't have his jaw broken.

You gotta love the Norwegian fans.

You could make a case for either side I suppose. Norway a bit lucky, did just enough. Iv Coast didn't really go for it when they were on top.

feels like the 98 World Cup with Brazil playing Morocco, Scotland and Norway again

Serena Williams is horrible. Hope she loses.

gives a lot of money to charity des

Not as much as I would give, if I had the means. And I don't treat people like sh1t.

I'd love to know the logic of starting with Amad on the bench.

murphy,s bet goal of the tournament turned out to be probably only ther 5th best  goal scored yesterday