IVORY COST VS DRC CONGO, 3-1 2015 AFCON SEMI FINAL.


Elephants march into Afcon Final

Afcon 2015 semi-final: DR Congo vs Ivory Coast
Posted: 4 February 2015 Time: 8:24 pm
Ivory Coast marched into the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final after a 3-1 victory over DR Congo at Estadio de Bata on Wednesday night.
Goals from Yaya Toure, the irrepressible Gervinho and Wilfried Kanon sent the Ivorians through, with Dieudonne Mbokani's converted penalty for the Congolese the only blemish on the night.

After a rather cagey opening stanza, the game burst into life as Ivory Coast took the lead in stunning fashion when Toure pounced on a loose ball after some good hold-up play from Wilfried Bony and smashed an unstoppable rocket on the half-volley into the roof of the net from the edge of the box.

But just four minutes later DR Congo pulled level when Mbokani buried a spot-kick past Gbohouo Sylvain into the bottom-right corner after Eric Bailly had handled in the area.

However, another mistake led to another goal when a sloppy giveaway deep in midfield allowed Bony to supply Gervinho on the left side and he finished superbly into the far corner with his right instep.

Gervinho had a header from Serge Aurier's cross cleared off the line by Gabriel Zakwani and onto the crossbar just moments before the goal, and was also denied by a last-ditch tackle from Jean Kasusula just before half-time.

The second half was a more open affair with both sides creating more openings but Ivory Coast sealed the result in the 68th minute with a goal from left-back Wilfried Kanon.

Toure swung in a corner-kick and after Aurier's near-post header was parried by goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba, the rebound fell to Kanon who instinctively sent the ball into the net via his knee.

The Elephants will take on either Ghana or Equatorial Guinea in the Final, with their opponents to be decided on Thursday night.

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