2024-02-03 22:49:07
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Simon Edingara celebrates (the official Twitter account of the African Championship)
The African Championship is approaching its decisive stages by giant steps, when the quarter-final stage continued tonight (Saturday) in the first game, the Ivory Coast beat Mali 1:2 at the end of a tremendous drama and advanced to the semi-finals. In another match, South Africa defeated Cape Verde in a penalty shootout
In the group stage, the Ivory Coast did not play well and was on the way out, when it finished in third place with only three points and went up together with three other teams. The last time the host of the tournament was in the semi-finals of the African Championship – she also won, and it happened in 2015.
The game itself was great, in the 16th minute Mali could have taken the lead, but missed a chance after Adama Traore missed a penalty, but in the 43rd minute Ivory Coast were rewarded when Odilon Kosuno was sent off with a second yellow card.
It took her a while, but in the 71st minute, Mali managed to get on the scoreboard after Dorgels Nene, who plays for Salzburg alongside Oskar Gloch, unleashed a powerful shot that went into the net.
The great drama has only just begun, in the 90th minute Ivory Coast equalized with a goal by Simon Edingara and forced extra time. Is the drama over? Absolutely not, everyone thought that the national teams were on their way to penalties, in extra time, in the 122nd minute Omar Diakita scored and sent the Ivory Coast to the semi-finals, where the host of the tournament will meet Congo on February 7.
Cape Verde – South Africa 0:0 (0:0 on penalties)
The last ticket to the semi-finals of the African Championship was taken by South Africa in the end, who advanced after a penalty shootout where the goalkeepers starred, but the winner’s goalkeeper, Ronon Williams, was probably better. The game itself was even and eventually went to extra time, after in the 90th minute Williams made a great save on a kick by Jilton Tavares and the ball went into the crossbar. South Africa advanced to the semi-finals and will face Nigeria.
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