Sifu

Thought he missed there. Great penalty.

Calm and simple.

Good penalty.

Drogba time....

Keeper was off his line according to the linesman.

That penalty spot

Retake

Good pens so far.

Canny.

Tiote first.

Except for Tiote. So Zambia to win 3-1

Penalty shootout. Yeah can actually see Zambia winning it.....

Got to say, all credit to Zambia tonight. They've worked hard and are playing decent enough (plus their 'keeper has been great)

Demba Ba @dembabafoot I feel the pression more than when i play! I pray for ivory coast

Close! Good save.

Unlucky.

Awful penalty

Penalty to the Ivory Coast!

Of course

I actually enjoyed some of the pranks Rio did back in 2006.

MERK'D.

Yeah, think that's what Ben Arfa was getting at. He wants to see us play the passing game like Swansea has done for most of the season (credit to Rodgers like). Not going to take too much from that Ben Arfa interview though tbh.

Howay Cheik!

Very good points there. In pre-season, I reckon Pardew knew where and how he was going to play Ben Arfa this season. Thus, you could say that Hatem's injury in the US was a setback for Pardew as he had to throw all his initial plans regarding the system out the window. This meant that he basically had to start again and develop an entirely different one, one which has turned out to have served us well for most of this season.