Africa Cup of Nations

[Liverpel]

Ivory Coast lead Algeria 1:0. Bony with the header. Good goal by him. That Max Gradel looks like a great player. Maybe worth a punt in the summer..

They won 3-1.

[Liverpel]

Semi-final line-up:

04.02. 19:00
D.R. Congo v Ivory Coast

05.02. 19:00
Ghana v Equatorial Guinea

[Liverpel]

Ivory Coast are in the final, after a 3-1 win over DR Congo.

[Liverpel]

They'll be dancing on the streets of Yamoussoukro tonight.

[Chazza]

Kolo will be pleased although Man City not so much.

[peekay]

By the way, you're banned from this thread.

[Lee]

Well-taken goal there.

[Liverpel]

Well-taken goal there.

That's the spirit Lee.

[Liverpel]

— Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils)
February 5, 2015
Game stopped with Ghanaian fans trapped by side of pitch. A fan runs on, approaches ref and is knocked to ground by stewards.


20:45
84 min: Oh dear. This is what we feared: the referee has picked up the ball and asked the police to restore order as fans spill on to the edge of one end of the pitch. There are suggestions that they are Ghanaian fans seeking safety after being bombarded by bottles and other objects, but the situation is not at all clear.

[Liverpel]

Players and officials are still standing on the pitch. They are obviously hoping they can play out the remaining six minutes or so but it is hard to know how likely that is, as the cameras are not showing what is going on at the end of the stadium where the trouble seemed to be.

From the Guardian.

[Liverpel]

Oh, it's 3-0 to Ghana.

[Muddled]

Worthy of all five stars. I haven't had to watch a single game thanks to this thread.

[Liverpel]

Worthy of all five stars. I haven't had to watch a single game thanks to this thread.

Me neither!


The cameras still are not showing anything other than the players and officials standing and hoping. But there are sounds of helicopters in the sky, which suggest a significant security operation to restore order. The fault for this lies, of course, with the people throwing stuff and perpetrating whatever other sort of mayhem we are not being shown. But the Equatorial Guinea players cannot claim to have shown a good example of sportsmanship, having fouled, acted and bickered ever since it became clear they were not good enough to win the match. It’s a real pity how this is ending.

[Liverpel]

There is a kerfuffle on the pitch now as several Equatoguinean players surround a couple of CAF officials in much the same way that they kept surrounding the ref earlier on. They are evidently unhappy about a decision, which suggests the organisers may have resolved to abandon the game. But maybe not. Nothing is clear at the moment.

[Chazza]

Tear gas and all sorts going on.