leathalbeast:
but did the referee ask them to conceed that late goal ?

Mali have themselves to blame

They had everything going in their favour

If I didn't know any better, I would have thought Mali were the team with the red card

Their control of the midfield was non-existent

MT:
Mali should blame themselves.

They deserve to be out.

Unserious Malians. 10 against 11.

Angelfrost:


That's Africa for you...! What if the referee had been beaten up??!!

Yeah, people like you always look for opportunity to wash down Africa.

Even though it happens everywhere.

Shame on Mali players.

Wotowotoman:
This South Africa national anthem fit make person cry o 😢

Anthem wey be like “We are H-A-P-P-Y…Happy!!!”. Dey play

sureteeboy:
These Malians are sore losers.
Imagine playing with an extra man for almost 80mins of game time and still couldn't do anything with it.
Now they are trying to fight the referee like he is the one responsible for their misfortunes.
Those players deserve to be banned till eternity.

What do you expect when they share the same name with Naira Mali?

Qualifying as best loser
Eliminating defending champions
Facing a penalty in the first 15mins against Mali
Coming from Behind against Mali
Playing with a one man down
Forcing an extra time and winning at the death

Ivory coast must not win this AFCON

COOOOOOZ MEEEEEEEEEEHN. E GO PAIN ME..

Starz825:
why are you fighting the ref...very useless thing to do..

ref give your opponent red card ...still see penalty...u lose....you have everything to win...

but at the end ....you lost...so what's the fuzz...

well na so he dey pain sha

cos thats a fvcking fair game....that ref get mind....

this is the best afcon so far...African football is moving forward....

kudos to Drogba and co....they are doing well...

I believe drogba and eto are doing well for their country's FA than okocha and kanu are doing for Nigeria Football...

okocha na to dey dance around for betking like idiot....its just all about greed and money in Nigeria

As in Nigeria is not a country...na ring!!

This cracked me up. Our celebrities here na to dey follow politicians up and down. Ivory coast has done so well, amazing stadium, fine locations. Omo, they gave Africa nice face lift.

This is what Afcon does to you😂

I really wanted the Malians to scale through just for his sake 🥹

flexyrule:
Lucky?

They won Guinea Bissau and lost a keenly contested match against Nigeria who only survived via a penalty.

They had 3 shots on target in that match, while Nigeria had just one.

Came back against Mali with 10 men.

Still their qualifications from the group was tied to what Morocco played abi?

Is that not luck?
Was it in their hands at that stage?

arantess:

Oh well, if Mali had scored their penalty you wouldn't be saying this sha

That's the game

If you don't take your chances, you have yourself to blame.

This is probably the best game in Afcon this decade

I doubt anyone can name a more entertaining game than this

Princedapace:

Oga forget this Africa for u talk. People like u always look for one single moment to wash Africa down.

he forgot Dem recently beat ref for Turkiye


Brazilian and Argentine league then na another case

I don't think Ivory coast will win Afcon, might not even win semi final. The two red flag will affect them. Moreover they have played two 120 minutes football. This will take toll on them soon.

Mali committed suicide in this match, a case of self destruct

I can’t blame them, inexperience cost them everything, they were comfortably playing, no eagerness, no goal hunger

Being a coach has a lot to do with motivation


How can you explain losing to 10 men on an important match, unacceptable

Caphive:
Mail failed to take advantage of the extra 1 man.They lost focus too easily..... Very painful way to lose.

It's very difficult and doesn't make much difference for the other team, if the opponent is one man less. Mali had their chances in the first half, but they failed to use it. Worse still, the coach killed the game doing those subs after their goal.

abbyyzino:

Anthem wey be like “We are H-A-P-P-Y…Happy!!!”. Dey play

Actually anti apartheid

Wotowotoman:


Finished how? You people seem to forget that these people make their money playing in Europe. Many of them especially the ones from poorer countries actually play for free for their national teams..

It rubs off badly on him.

There could even be repercussion for his action at his club.

He represents them so badly.

Nigeria v Ivory Coast final mark it

MT:


It rubs off badly on him.

There could even be repercussion for his action at his club.

He represents them so badly.

It doesn’t work that way…

obinna58:
Mali committed suicide in this match, a case of self destruct

I can’t blame them, inexperience cost them everything, they were comfortably playing, no eagerness, no goal hunger

Being a coach has a lot to do with motivation

We gats blame them

Other than Nene's goal, they had no control of the midfield and created zero clear cut chances in the second half.

Their best chance came in extra time with the low cross that nearly became an own goal.

thatigboman:
Mali they say will play Nigeria in the finals? It's not yet over though

Eya, it is over 100% … Mali can gently find their way back to the hotel/airport

Amokachi is back for Cape Verde vs South Africa

NFBI:
They won't still win the cup

Winning the cup is not my point....i love moments ...let's relieve it, learn from it and give credit where due...I'm not this fargone emotional soccer aficionado...I'm a realist.."periodt"

Lol.. geez! You have bad mouth..

Starz825:
why are you fighting the ref...very useless thing to do..

ref give your opponent red card ...still see penalty...u lose....you have everything to win...

but at the end ....you lost...so what's the fuzz...

well na so he dey pain sha

cos thats a fvcking fair game....that ref get mind....

this is the best afcon so far...African football is moving forward....

kudos to Drogba and co....they are doing well...

I believe drogba and eto are doing well for their country's FA than okocha and kanu are doing for Nigeria Football...

okocha na to dey dance around for betking like idiot....its just all about greed and money in Nigeria

As in Nigeria is not a country...na ring!!

No idea why they are fighting the referee. The referee gave them everything to win. It wasn't like the ref was biased against them. The Malian FA should be fined for that behavior.

Geovanni412:


That's the game

If you don't take your chances, you have yourself to blame.

This is probably the best game in Afcon this decade

I doubt anyone can name a more entertaining game than this

indeed it's the best ooo..


Rarely anyone can predict the final outcomes.

oluwaahmed:
Once civ reaches the semi-final CAF will push the cup to them. The referees have been favoring them since the match against senegal

The same way they pushed the cup to Cameroon last AFCON Abi?
CAF president is even from South Africa
Why will he even want to cheat for Cote d'Ivoire

The luckiest team I have seen.

Starz825:
why are you fighting the ref...very useless thing to do..

ref give your opponent red card ...still see penalty...u lose....you have everything to win...

but at the end ....you lost...so what's the fuzz...

well na so he dey pain sha

cos thats a fvcking fair game....that ref get mind....

this is the best afcon so far...African football is moving forward....

kudos to Drogba and co....they are doing well...

I believe drogba and eto are doing well for their country's FA than okocha and kanu are doing for Nigeria Football...

okocha na to dey dance around for betking like idiot....its just all about greed and money in Nigeria

As in Nigeria is not a country...na ring!!

you kids would just wake up and be insulting your fathers for no reason. Do you know how much Okocha lost to this country's useless banks before Soludo Recapitalized the Banks? If it were you; you would have long denounced this cursed country. Keep voting useless people and expect some people to dash you their hard earned money. As for KANU; what he has done with his heart foundation, not even the FG does that

arantess:

Still their qualifications from the group was tied to what Morocco played abi?

Is that not luck?
Was it in their hands at that stage?

Sir. I agree that they were lucky.

Thank you.

Geovanni412:


That's the game

If you don't take your chances, you have yourself to blame.

This is probably the best game in Afcon this decade

I doubt anyone can name a more entertaining game than this

Surely there would have been many games as interesting or more than this, but I know many of the matches in Nigeria/Ghana 2000 were very very very interesting especially our match against cameroon