34th minute: Ivory Coast score through Seko Fofana with an assist from Frank Kessie.

44th minute: Nigeria equalize from Ademola Lookman with an assist from William Troost Ekong!

45+5: Nigeria take the lead for the first time on the night through Victor Osimhen from a counter attack!

45+6: VAR Cancels Osimhen's goal for an offside in the build up! It remains 1-1 at half time.

64th minute: Simon Adingra goes down under a challenge from Zaidu Sanusi and the referee blows for a penalty.

66th minute: Frank Kessie's blasts the penalty over the bar! It remains 1-1!

76th minute: Nigeria wins a penalty! Ousman Diamonde said to have brought down Frank Onyeka!

78th minute: VAR overturns the penalty. Second yellow and a red card for Frank Onyeka for diving!

84th minute: Nicolas Pepe dribbles past Zaidu Sanusi to score for Ivory Coast! The Stadium erupts in celebration! The hosts lead 2-1!

89th minute: Straight red card for Ibrahim Sangare for punching Victor Osmihen! Osimhen is injured and taken out. Iheanacho brought in with Ahmed Musa for Osimhen and Simon Moses!

90+4: Alhassan Yusuf intercepts a pass and sends it to Iheanacho on a counter attack..Iheanacho finds Musa running down the left with everything he has..

....dribbles past Serge Aurier and chips it over the keeper to score!! In the last minutes of the game and the Nigerians are running wild!! Its 2-2!!

◾First Half Extra Time:

Not too many chances for either side and it ends goalless!

◾Second half Extra Time:

110th minute: The Ivorian goalkeeper commits a blunder and Iwobi blasts the ball over the bar with no goalkeeper in goal. Jose Peseiro can't believe his eyes, he orders for the arrest of Iwobi and Okocha denounces him as his cousin on the spot!

◾To Penalties:

Ekong scores🟢
Kessie scores🟠
Omeruo scores🟢
Fofana scores🟠
Iheanacho🟢
Pepe scores🟠
Ahmed Musa score🟢
Sebastian Haller scores🟠
Calvin Bassey scores🟢
Serge Aurier scores🟠

◾Into Sudden death:

Nigeria scores🟢
Ivory Coast scores🟠
Nigeria scores🟢
Ivory Coast scores🟠
Nigeria scores🟢
Ivory Coast scores🟠
Nigeria scores🟢
Ivory Coast scores🟠
Nigeria scores🟢
Ivory Coast scores🟠

◾The referee looks confused and decides to call the coaches to also take the penalties:

Peseiro scores for Nigeria🟢
Emerse Fai scores for Nigeria🟠

◾The referee then decides to call the immediate ex coaches of the two countries to take the penalties:

Gernot Rohr scores for Nigeria🟢
Jean Louise Gasset scores for Ivory Coast🟠

◾The referee starts getting annoyed and calls the Presidents of the two countries to take the penalties:

Tinubu scores for Nigeria🟢
Outtara scores for Ivory Coast🟠

◾The referee looks fed up and decides to try one last alternative by calling one legend each from the two countries to take the penalties:

Jay Jay Okocha scores for Nigeria🟢
Didier Drogba scores for Ivory Coast🟠

The referee storms out of the stadium in anger, goes and brings the cup and hands it over to Ghana since the two teams are not serious.

Ghana are 2023 AFCON Champions🏆

Source: NPFL news centre

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