Ivory Coast became the 1st team to reach the Africa Nations Cup quaterfinals by taking top spot in Group D on Saturday but the continent's 2nd-ranked side Algeria are out of the tournament (How sad).
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A 3-0 victory for Ivory Coast over Tunisia at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace followed by a shock 2-0 win for Togo against Algeria in a game marred by a long late stoppage to mend a goal, meant the Ivorians ended top place irrespective of the final group results.
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Algeria were the 1st team to drop out of the tournament, a massive blow for a country ranked 22nd in the world of football who had high hopes of getting to the knockout stages.
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It was an emphatic display from Ivory Coast, who started their captain Didier Drogba on the bench, and reaffirmed their status as tournament favourites with an aggresively attacking game led by an imperious Yaya Toure (No wonder he is the best player in Africa....).
Algeria was stunned at their defeat.Togo surprised the whole of Africa
Quote from: Shola Sholaz on Jan 27, 2013, 01:27 PM
Algeria was stunned at their defeat.Togo surprised the whole of Africa
They were very weak in front of goal.Their strickers did not rep them well at all.
Too bad for the fans