Ivory Coast Won AFCON The Hard Way

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞:
➖ One win and two losses
➖ Humiliating 4-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea
➖ Qualified to knockouts as the fourth-best third place team
➖ Sacked head coach after group stage

𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟔:
➖ 86th-minute equalizer to force ET
➖ Eliminated title holders Senegal on PKs

𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬:
➖ Played with 10 men from the 43rd minute on
➖ 90th-minute equalizer
➖ Goal in second minute of ET stoppage time to beat Mali

𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬:
➖ 65th-minute goal to beat DR Congo

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥:
➖ 62nd-minute equalizer
➖ 81st-minute winner to defeat Nigeria