Women’s World Cup Review: Germany put 10 past Ivory Coast, Norway win

Ivory Coast were given a harsh welcome to the Women’s World Cup, with the debutants thrashed 10-0 by Germany.

Silvia Neid’s Germany struck five times in the opening 35 minutes at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario.

Celia Sasic scored a first-half hat-trick and Anja Mittag also netted a treble as the pair scored Germany’s first six goals.

The win was the second biggest ever at the Women’s World Cup, with Germany also holding the record (11-0 over Argentina in 2007).

Sasic tapped in a simple goal to make it 4-0 and Mittag side-footed in Germany’s fifth in the 35th minute.