Summary of the Mali and Ivory Coast match
Within the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations, the Ivory Coast national team qualified for the semi-finals at the expense of the Mali national team in a dramatic scenario after the Ivory Coast national team completed the match with ten players from the first half after the player Odilon Kosounou was sent off in the match. Minute 43. In the second half, the Malian national team succeeded in scoring through player Nene and refused to celebrate due to him being of Ivory Coast. When everyone thought that Mali was on its way to qualifying at the expense of the host team, substitute Simon Adingra succeeded in scoring the equalizer in the 90th minute, sending the two teams into two additional periods. Despite the numerical deficiency, the Ivory Coast team was able to score a fatal goal in the 120th minute through Omar Diakite, who was sent off after he took off his shirt and had a yellow card, earning him a second warning.
Below are the events of the meeting: