Deniz Undav came off the bench and scored a goal Germany<\/a> for the second World Cup<\/a> consecutive games, making it a double as Die Mannschaft came from behind to beat the spirited Ivory Coast<\/a> side in Toronto. <\/p>\n Franck Kessie gave the Elephants a first-half lead, while teenager Ian Diamande gave Germany something to think about as the African side made good on their advantage. <\/p>\n But Julian Nagelsmann’s side, who had two goals canceled out before half-time, eventually fought back through Undav’s brace – including a 94th-minute winner – to ensure Germany progressed to the knockout stages for the first time since winning the cup in 2014. <\/p>\n Ivory Coast, who beat Ecuador 1-0 in their opening game, will take a lot of confidence into their game and believe they can qualify for the next round for the first time in their history. <\/p>\n Germany made a bright start and went close in the first 10 minutes when Kai Havertz met Joshua Kimmich’s spot-kick, but Yahya Fofana headed home in the Ivory Coast goal. <\/p>\n Felix Nmechi’s deflected shot went inches over the bar and Aleksandar Pavlovic’s header from the resulting corner was called out for a foul on Fofana. <\/p>\n But just when Germany looked most likely to break the deadlock, Ivory Coast opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark. <\/p>\n Diamond, a 19-year-old who is being watched by Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain, showed his talent by beating Kimmich to the byline before sending a dangerous ball across the box.<\/p>\n In the ensuing melee, Amado’s shot was first blocked by Nathanial Brown, but Cassie was on hand to give the youngest team at this World Cup a shock lead at the second attempt. <\/p>\n Germany were then awarded another goal when Havertz rolled the ball into the net before the referee called play back for an apparent foul in the build-up. <\/p>\n With the Ivory Coast leading at half-time, they went in search of a second after the restart and talented youngster Chris Inaa struck just when he perhaps should have done better. <\/p>\n The Ivorians played an inspired game, limiting Germany to half chances and pot shots from distance. <\/p>\n That was before the introduction of Undav from the bench. The striker opened the scoring for the second consecutive game with a close-range strike in the 68th minute after fellow substitute Nadiem Amiri equalised. <\/p>\n As the game started late on, Ivory Coast squandered a great chance when Simon Odingra hesitated too long with an open goal, taking a shot when he should have taken it the first time. <\/p>\n At the other end, Fofana saved Brown’s goal before the Ivorian keeper was again called into action to deny Undavo a goal. <\/p>\n But Undawa would not be denied for a second, turning expertly away from Nmechi’s cross before heading home to complete the comeback in stoppage time. <\/p>\n Deniz Undav came off the bench and scored a goal Germany for the second World Cup consecutive games, making it a double as Die Mannschaft came from behind to beat the spirited Ivory Coast side in Toronto. Franck Kessie gave the Elephants a first-half lead, while teenager Ian Diamande gave Germany something to think about …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/shutterstock_2196806293-2-1024x683.jpg\"\/)
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\n<\/picture>\n<\/figure>\nThe elephants stun the team <\/span><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/picture>\n<\/figure>\nExciting second half<\/span><\/h2>\n