Monday, February 9, 2015

Africa Cup of Nations 2015 review: highs and lows of the tournament

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The best goal, the best game and the biggest surprises after an eventful month in Equatorial Guinea was ended with Ivory Coast’s shootout success over Ghana

• Drogba leads celebrations as Ivorians end their long wait

• Ivory Coast 0-0-Ghana (Ivory Coast win 9-8 on penalties): match report

It would be churlish not to hail the winners, Ivory Coast, even if they stumbled over the line. They had waited 23 years for this and, mainly for their performances in the games against Cameroon, Algeria and DR Congo, could justifiably be called the tournament’s best team. Equatorial Guinea deserve a mention too – their progress from the group stage was exhilarating and played out to remarkable levels of volume, and not even their fortunate win over Tunisia could completely dampen the feelgood story. An unusually technical, mobile team of overachievers were fascinating to watch but, in falling short against Ghana, their story became overtaken somewhat by off-pitch events.


Related: Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (IC 9-8 on pens) | Africa Cup of Nations final


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