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Paraguay-Ivory Coast 2-2 30/05/2010 Highlights&Goals HDEVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) -- Ivory Coast wasted a two-goal lead Sunday to draw 2-2 with Paraguay in a friendly that marked coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's first game in charge.Didier Drogba netted with a 54th-minute free kick that was deflected by the Paraguay wall and deceived goalkeeper Justo Villar.Substitute Soulemayne Bamba made it 2-0 in the 74th, arriving late at the far post to volley home a deep cross.Paraguay substitute Lucas Barrios scored a minute later with a powerful low shot and Aureliano Torres then saw his free kick deflected into the Ivorians' net in the 89th.Eriksson, who took England to the quarterfinals at the past two World Cups, was appointed in March to lead Ivory Coast in South Africa.Eriksson and Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino have until Tuesday to reduce their rosters from 30 to the final 23 going to South Africa.The full Ivory Coast squad had worked together for just six days, less than half the time Paraguay has been in camp, and it showed in the sloppy play early on.French referee Wilfried Bien allowed several tough challenges before showing Paraguay's Jorge Achucarro a yellow card for a slicing tackle on Yaya Toure.Ivory Coast stepped up the pace, and Aruna Dindane placed a left-foot shot wide at the end of a surging run, after Drogba cleverly cleared space for him to exploit.Drogba had a shot loop across the goalmouth after being set up by Chelsea teammate Salomon Kalou.Paraguay did not create a clear first-half chance, though Victor Caceres just failed to connect on a long free kick launched into the Ivorian goalmouth.Drogba finally gave his team the lead with his 44th international goal, and Dindane had a chance to double the lead when he was played in by substitute Gervinho but his shot was blocked by Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar.Instead, Bamba showed perfect timing to meet a deep free kick and give the Elephants a seemingly secure lead.But a minute later Barrios pounced on a loose ball in the penalty area to beat goalkeeper Boubacar Barry.Barry then denied Barrios an equalizer, pushing the ball clear from the Borussia Dortmund forward's feet as he tried to dribble around the Ivorian keeper.Paraguay got a deserved equalizer when Torres' left-foot free kick from 25 meters (yards) spun off the defensive wall into the corner of the net.
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