fourth straight World Cup opener win for Argentina. It was the debut match of the elephants. Hernan Crespo and Javier Saviola scored the two goals in the first-half of the match. Didier Drogba scored the goal for Ivory Coast in the 82nd minute. Many players of the Argentina team are playing for the first time in the team. The Elephants defeated African power, Cameroon to qualify for

the first time. Ivory Coast got a lot of chances but was unable to materialize them into goals. Kader Keita hit a point-blank header after a flick header by Drogba in the 35th minute. But unfortunately goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri stopped it.

With this win, Argentina has three points in its kitty.Hernan Crespo scored a goal in the 24th minute off a free kick by Riquelme. Crespo hit it from about five yards. This was his 30th goal in his 56 international appearances. Javier Saviola hit the second goal for Argentina in the 38th minute. It was his 10th international goal. Australia will play Serbia-Montenegro on Friday and Ivory Coast will play Netherlands.