Africa Cup of Nations

FT Thursday, January 20, 2022
Algeria WDWDL 1
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Ivory Coast WWLWD 3
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ALG011
CIV213
Stade Omnisport de Douala

Match Report

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Holders Algeria knocked out of Africa Cup of Nations after thumping Ivory Coast defeat

Ivory Coast thumped Algeria 3-1 to send the defending champions crashing out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
12
Corner Kicks
1
4
Saves
3
55.8
Possession
44.2
14
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
321
Accurate Passes
252
388
Passes
312
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
38
31
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
21
16
Tackles
27
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
11
7
Effective Clearances
25
7
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ALG leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

CIV · 4-3-3

  1. 23Badra Ali SangaréG
  2. 14Simon DeliCD-L
  3. 7Odilon KossounouCD-R
  4. 3Ghislain KonanLB
  5. 17Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 4Jean Michaël SeriCM
  7. 8Franck KessiéLM
  8. 18Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 22Sébastien HallerF
  10. 15Max GradelLF
  11. 19Nicolas PépéRF

ALG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Raïs M'BolhiG
  2. 17Abdelkader BedraneCD-L
  3. 2Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 21Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 20Youcef AtalRB
  6. 27Saïd BenrahmaAM
  7. 6Ramiz ZerroukiLM
  8. 22Ismaël BennacerRM
  9. 9Baghdad BounedjahF
  10. 8Youcef BelaïliAM-L
  11. 7Riyad MahrezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Simon Deli (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Serge Aurier (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 22' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 1, Algeria 0. Franck Kessié (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
  4. 39' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 2, Algeria 0. Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Serge Aurier with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 45' Substitution, Algeria. Islam Slimani replaces Saïd Benrahma.
  6. 54' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 3, Algeria 0. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sébastien Haller.
  7. 55' Maxwel Cornet (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 60' Penalty missed! Still Côte d'Ivoire 3, Algeria 0. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) hits the right post with a left footed shot.
  9. 62' Substitution, Algeria. Yacine Brahimi replaces Baghdad Bounedjah.
  10. 62' Substitution, Algeria. Sofiane Bendebka replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
  11. 68' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Wilfried Kanon replaces Simon Deli.
  12. 69' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Serey Dié replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
  13. 69' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Habib Maïga replaces Serge Aurier.
  14. 72' Habib Maïga (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 73' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 3, Algeria 1. Sofiane Bendebka (Algeria) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Aïssa Mandi following a corner.
  16. 78' Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 80' Substitution, Algeria. Farid Boulaya replaces Youcef Belaïli.
  18. 80' Substitution, Algeria. Houcine Benayada replaces Youcef Atal.
  19. 84' Farid Boulaya (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 85' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Wilfried Zaha replaces Nicolas Pépé.

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