1855 GMT: This from my AFP colleague Nick Reeves at the Stade de l'Amitie in Libreville: "Huge cheers as a couple of Ivory Coast players start a warm-up in front of a mass of orange behind one of the goals."

WELCOME TO OUR LIVE TEXT COVERAGE of the final of Africa's elite national footballing tournament, the Africa Cup of Nations, which sees pre-tournament favourites Ivory Coast take on Zambia at the Stade de l'Amitie in the Gabonese capital Libreville.