Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

· Africa Cup of Nations

Equatorial Guinea

42': Emilio Nsue
73': Pablo Ganet
75': Emilio Nsue
88': Jannick Buyla

FT
4 - 0

Ivory Coast

Hosts Ivory Coast on brink of AFCON exit after shock 4-0 loss

Equatorial Guinea produced the biggest upset in AFCON history with a 4-0 thumping of hosts Ivory Coast.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Basilio Ndong.
4': Foul by José Machín (Equatorial Guinea).
4': Seko Fofana (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
5': Attempt missed. Franck Kessié (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
5': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Franck Kessié.
5': Delay in match because of an injury Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire).
6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
6': Basilio Ndong (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire).
8': Basilio Ndong (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
8': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire).
10': Foul by Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea).
10': Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
12': Foul by José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea).
12': Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) is shown the yellow card.
13': Foul by Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire).
13': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire).
14': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Attempt missed. Saúl Coco (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left from a direct free kick.
16': Attempt missed. Christian Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Oumar Diakité.
16': Basilio Ndong (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire).
19': Foul by Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire).
19': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Delay in match because of an injury Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea).
21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
21': Foul by José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea).
21': Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Delay in match because of an injury Esteban Orozco (Equatorial Guinea).
22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
22': Foul by Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea).
22': Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Attempt missed. Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
27': Foul by Pablo Ganet (Equatorial Guinea).
27': Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the right wing.
29': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
31': Delay in match (Côte d'Ivoire).
33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
34': Foul by Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea).
34': Franck Kessié (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Iban Salvador.
36': Foul by Christian Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire).
36': Jesús Owono (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Delay in match because of an injury Jesús Owono (Equatorial Guinea).
38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
38': Foul by Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea).
38': Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire).
39': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
41': Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire).
41': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Goal! Equatorial Guinea 1, Côte d'Ivoire 0. Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Akapo.
43': Foul by Pablo Ganet (Equatorial Guinea).
43': Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the right wing.
44': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a set piece situation.
45': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire).
45': Pablo Ganet (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+1': Foul by José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea).
45'+1': Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Offside, Côte d'Ivoire. Ibrahim Sangaré is caught offside.
45'+2': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
45'+3': VAR Decision: No Goal Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Côte d'Ivoire.
45'+4': Attempt blocked. Seko Fofana (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Kouamé.
45'+4': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Carlos Akapo.
45'+5': Christian Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card.
45'+5': Jesús Owono (Equatorial Guinea) is shown the yellow card.
45'+5': Attempt missed. Willy-Arnaud Boly (Côte d'Ivoire) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a corner.
45'+6': First Half ends, Equatorial Guinea 1, Côte d'Ivoire 0.
45': Second Half begins Equatorial Guinea 1, Côte d'Ivoire 0.
46': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Iban Salvador.
46': Attempt missed. Evan Ndicka (Côte d'Ivoire) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a corner.
47': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Evan Ndicka following a corner.
47': Foul by José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea).
47': Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Basilio Ndong.
48': Foul by Willy-Arnaud Boly (Côte d'Ivoire).
48': Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire).
49': Féderico Bikoro (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
50': Foul by Willy-Arnaud Boly (Côte d'Ivoire).
52': Attempt missed. Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
53': Foul by Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire).
53': José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Attempt saved. Saúl Coco (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
54': Delay in match because of an injury José Miranda (Equatorial Guinea).
55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Attempt missed. Seko Fofana (Côte d'Ivoire) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oumar Diakité with a cross.
56': Foul by Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea).
56': Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Jannick Buyla replaces José Miranda because of an injury.
56': Foul by Christian Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire).
56': Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Evan Ndicka (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea).
58': Attempt saved. Christian Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
58': Foul by Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire).
58': Iban Salvador (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Féderico Bikoro (Equatorial Guinea).
58': Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Evan Ndicka (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
60': Foul by Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea).
62': Attempt missed. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Kouamé.
64': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Jean-Philippe Krasso replaces Ghislain Konan.
64': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Karim Konaté replaces Christian Kouamé.
65': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Jérémie Boga replaces Nicolas Pépé.
66': Evan Ndicka (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
66': Foul by Carlos Akapo (Equatorial Guinea).
67': Offside, Côte d'Ivoire. Jean-Philippe Krasso is caught offside.
67': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Jean-Philippe Krasso (Côte d'Ivoire) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
68': VAR Decision: No Goal Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Côte d'Ivoire.
68': Foul by Karim Konaté (Côte d'Ivoire).
68': Saúl Coco (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Foul by Esteban Orozco (Equatorial Guinea).
69': Jean-Philippe Krasso (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Basilio Ndong.
71': Hand ball by Willy-Arnaud Boly (Côte d'Ivoire).
72': Willy-Arnaud Boly (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
73': Goal! Equatorial Guinea 2, Côte d'Ivoire 0. Pablo Ganet (Equatorial Guinea) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
74': Delay in match (Côte d'Ivoire).
75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Goal! Equatorial Guinea 3, Côte d'Ivoire 0. Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Machín following a fast break.
77': Attempt missed. Karim Konaté (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Krasso.
78': Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Óscar Siafá replaces Emilio Nsue.
78': Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Luís Asué replaces Iban Salvador.
79': Attempt missed. Seko Fofana (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Karim Konaté.
79': Attempt blocked. Óscar Siafá (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
82': Foul by Pablo Ganet (Equatorial Guinea).
82': Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
82': Attempt saved. Jean-Philippe Krasso (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
83': Corner, Equatorial Guinea. Conceded by Wilfried Singo.
83': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Max Gradel replaces Oumar Diakité.
84': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Simon Adingra replaces Willy-Arnaud Boly.
84': Attempt saved. Luís Asué (Equatorial Guinea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Ganet with a cross.
84': Basilio Ndong (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Foul by Jean-Philippe Krasso (Côte d'Ivoire).
85': Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Álex Balboa replaces Pablo Ganet.
85': Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Santiago Eneme replaces José Machín.
85': Attempt missed. Max Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Krasso.
86': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
86': Attempt missed. Jean-Philippe Krasso (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jérémie Boga following a corner.
87': Foul by Óscar Siafá (Equatorial Guinea).
87': Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Santiago Eneme (Equatorial Guinea).
88': Wilfried Singo (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Santiago Eneme (Equatorial Guinea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Attempt saved. Luís Asué (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesús Owono.
88': Goal! Equatorial Guinea 4, Côte d'Ivoire 0. Jannick Buyla (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
90': Foul by Luís Asué (Equatorial Guinea).
90': Simon Adingra (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+1': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
90'+1': Foul by Carlos Akapo (Equatorial Guinea).
90'+1': Max Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
90'+2': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Óscar Siafá.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Karim Konaté (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré.
90'+5': Foul by Seko Fofana (Côte d'Ivoire).
90'+5': Luís Asué (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5': Foul by Karim Konaté (Côte d'Ivoire).
90'+5': Féderico Bikoro (Equatorial Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+6': Attempt missed. Luís Asué (Equatorial Guinea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Basilio Ndong.
90'+7': Attempt blocked. Simon Adingra (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
90'+7': Attempt missed. Karim Konaté (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Simon Adingra.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Equatorial Guinea 4, Côte d'Ivoire 0.
0': Match ends, Equatorial Guinea 4, Côte d'Ivoire 0.

Statistics

CIV		EQG
21	Fouls	22
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
11	Corner Kicks	1
3	Saves	3
68.2	Possession	31.8
22	SHOTS	10
3	ON GOAL	7
0.1	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
325	Accurate Passes	127
393	Passes	199
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.6
8	Accurate Crosses	1
35	Crosses	2
0.2	Cross %	0.5
49	Long Balls	57
29	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.6	Long Balls %	0.3
3	Blocked Shots	1
6	Effective Tackles	11
14	Tackles	20
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
8	Interceptions	5
2	Effective Clearances	32
2	Clearances	32

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Attendance: 42,550

Africa Cup of Nations Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Equatorial Guinea	3	+6	7
2	Nigeria	3	+2	7
3	Ivory Coast	3	-3	3
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	-5	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Equatorial Guinea (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
1	Jesús Owono (GK)
16	Saúl Coco
21	Esteban Obiang
11	Basilio Ndong
15	Carlos Akapo
4	Federico Bikoro
22	Pablo Ganet
17	Josete Miranda
6	Iban Salvador
10	Emilio Nsue
7	José Machín

Equatorial Guinea Substitutes:

Manuel Sapunga, Santiago Eneme, Álex Balboa, Jannick Buyla, Néstor Senra, Jose Nabil, José Elo, Charles Ondo, Aitor Embela, Óscar Siafá, Federico Nguema, Luis Nlavo.

Ivory Coast (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Yahia Fofana (GK)
21	Evan Ndicka
12	Willy Boly
3	Ghislain Konan
5	Wilfried Singo
8	Franck Kessié
6	Seko Fofana
18	Ibrahim Sangaré
19	Nicolas Pépé
20	Christian Kouamé
14	Oumar Diakité

Ivory Coast Substitutes:

Jean-Phillipe Krasso, Jérémie Boga, Ismaël Diallo, Badra Ali Sangaré, Lazare Amani, Jean Michaël Seri, Karim Konaté, Simon Adingra, Sèrge Aurier, Jonathan Bamba, Max Gradel, Odilon Kossounou.

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