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Hosts Angola and Ivory Coast exit African Nations Cup

Published on : 25 January 2010 - 9:56am | By RNW Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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Both hosts Angola and hot favourites Ivory Coast were dumped out of the African Nations Cup on Sunday as Algeria and Ghana advanced to the last four.
   
Angola lost 1-0 to Ghana in their quarter-final tie in Luanda despite the support of a capacity 50,000-strong crowd, while the dreams of Didier Drogba and his Ivorian side faded in a dramatic contest in Cabinda.
   
Algeria twice came from behind to beat the Ivorian 3-2 in extra time to complete a remarkable recovery after losing their opening game at the tournament 3-0 to lowly Malawi.
   

Asamoah Gyan broke home hearts with a 16th minute winner as Ghana held Angola at bay and sent the host nation out.

  

Strike Manucho missed several chances to bring his side back into the game but Ghana got stronger as the game progressed and will now stay in the capital to meet the winner of Monday's quarter-final between Nigeria and Zambia.
   
Algeria looked to be on the receiving end of an expected beating from the pre-tournament favourites when Salomon Kalou scored for the Ivory Coast after just four minutes at Cabinda's Chiazi Stadium.
   
But Algeria provided increasing resistance after that and were worthy of an equaliser just before half-time after a defensive slip from Kolo Toure allowed Karim Matmour to score.
   
The Ivorians looked to have clinched progress to Thursday's semi-final when substitute Abdelkader Keita scored the tournament's best goal to date, a scorching 30 metre shot that gave the Algeria goalkeeper no chance.
   
With just seconds left, however, defender Madjid Bougherra was allowed to slip undetected in between the Ivorian defenders and head home a soft goal that forced the game into extra time.
   
Two minutes later Hameur Bouazza scored with his first touch in similar circumstances as the Ivorian defence was caught ball-watching.
   
Drogba, who has now missed out at a third successive Nations Cup, forced a tremendous save from Fawzi Chaouchi before a controversial end to the match when Toure looked to have swept home for a 3-3 scoreline but was erroneously adjudged offside, as television replays afterwards proved.
   
Algeria now meet the winner of Monday's quarter-final in Benguela between Cameroon and Egypt, the side they eliminated in a tempestuous World Cup play-off match last November.

 

Source: Reuters

 

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