Nigeria vs Ivory Coast Highlights, AFCON Final: NGA 1-2 CIV at FT - Ivory Coast are Champions of Africa

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Nigeria vs Ivory Coast Highlights, AFCON Final: NGA 1-2 CIV at Full Time!

• 38' Nigeria 1-0 Ivory Coast (William Troost-Ekong scores)
• HT Nigeria 1-0 Ivory Coast
• 62' Nigeria 1-1 Ivory Coast (Franck Kessie scores, Adringa assists)
• 81' Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast (Sebastian Haller scores, Adringa assists)
• FT Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
• Scroll down for Match Highlights

Feb 12, 2024, 4:22 am IST

Ivory Coast are Champions of Africa!

There they are! The new champions of Africa! We fold our Live coverage on that note, have a good night!

Feb 12, 2024, 4:19 am IST

Ivory Coast Win AFCON 2023!

Ivorian players are lining up on the podium now to hold the AFCON trophy for the first time

Feb 12, 2024, 4:17 am IST

Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast at FT

Ivory Coast players are up on the podium now for the winners medal followed by the AFCON trophy!

Feb 12, 2024, 4:16 am IST

AFCON Live

Nice to see some of the Nigerian fans stay back despite the heartbreak! They chant Osimhen's name as he comes to collect the medal!

Feb 12, 2024, 4:14 am IST

NGA 1-2 CIV at FT

Nigerian players collect their runners-up medals

Feb 12, 2024, 4:11 am IST

AFCON Live

South Africans have stayed back to collect their bronze medal after wining the third-place match on penalties against DR Congo a day before!

Feb 12, 2024, 4:09 am IST

AFCON Presentation Cermony Live

Match officials collect their medals for doing an excellent job tonight

Feb 12, 2024, 4:08 am IST

AFCON Presentation Ceremony Live

AFCON Player of the tournament: Williams Troost-Ekong (Nigeria)

Feb 12, 2024, 4:07 am IST

AFCON Presentation Ceremony Live

Golden Boot award: Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea) - 5 goals

Feb 12, 2024, 4:05 am IST

AFCON Awards

Top Goalkeeper of AFCON 2023: Ronwen Williams of South Africa. He also collects fairplay award for South Africa!

Feb 12, 2024, 4:00 am IST

AFCON Live

Ivory Coast president joins the players for a celebration on the podium before the award ceremony begins!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:58 am IST

Presentation Ceremony

The presentation ceremony is underway with presidents of both countries joining at the podium. FIFA boss Gianni Infantino walks into the ground too with senior officials of African confederation!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:52 am IST

AFCON Presentation Ceremony

The presentation ceremony begins with Togo's star forward Emmanuel Adebayor carrying the trophy to the podium!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:51 am IST

AFCON Final Live

Tough for Nigerian captain Troost Ekong to put a brave face and stay on the ground for the presentation ceremony

Feb 12, 2024, 3:48 am IST

NGA vs CIV Live

The presentation ceremony is all set to start as the podium is almost ready!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:46 am IST

Ivory Coast win AFCON Final

The jubilation among Ivorian fans is unending as they witness the Elephants script history in Abidjan after starting the tournament with shock 0-4 loss to Equatorial Guinea during the group stages

Feb 12, 2024, 3:42 am IST

Presentation ceremony

While the Player of the award ceremony was a short one, the bigger and AFCON 2023 presentation ceremony is soon to begin as the podium is being eructed!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:42 am IST

AFCON Final Live

The final-winning goalscorer Sebastian Haller breaks into tears while speaking on the camera after the game with Laurent Pakou

Feb 12, 2024, 3:40 am IST

Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast

Full Time statistics

Feb 12, 2024, 3:39 am IST

Presentation Ceremony

The presentation ceremony is underway as Simon Adingra collects Player of the final for an amazing shift tonight and assisted both the goals that Ivory Coast scored tonight!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:37 am IST

AFCON Live

That man Sebastian Haller has now established himself as an Ivorian legend with a goal in the final and the goal that matters the most!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:35 am IST

Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast at Full Time

Agony for Nigeria players, who led the match until the 60th minute before Ivorians turned it around!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:34 am IST

Ivory Coast win AFCON 2023

Celebrations all around the ground for Ivorians and their fans!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:31 am IST

Ivory Coast Win AFCON

Emotional moment for both fans and players as Ivory Coast are the African champions!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:30 am IST

Full Time!

The referee blows the final whistle and Ivory Coast are the AFCON champions!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:30 am IST

Yellow card

90+7' Late yellow card for Ivory coast goalkeeper Yahia Fofana!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:29 am IST

AFCON Live

90+5' Nigerians are fast running out of ideas to unlock Ivory Coast defense as the hosts are defending with all their might while some of the Ivory players in the dugout are already waiting for the final whistle to celebrate!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:28 am IST

Substitution

Confirmation of the late change by Ivory Coast. Meanwhile Nigerians are playing with most of their players in the Ivory Half but are unable to find their way into the box!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:25 am IST

Seven minutes added!

90+1' Seven minutes added and Ivory Coast are about to make another change!

Feb 12, 2024, 3:24 am IST

Shot blocked!

90' Diving shot block byEvan Ndicka inside the box as Kelechi Iheanacho shoots from the edge of the box! Ola Aina sees a yellow card right after as he takes down Adingra during a Ivory coast counter from the block! NGA 1-2 CIV

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Rematching their Group A match, Nigeria and Ivory Coast are facing off in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday (February 12) at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium.

Since the Super Eagles upset the Elephants earlier in the competition, a lot has happened. The hosts have overcome adversity when all looked lost, and they now seem to be building momentum for the Abidjan decider.

While supporters of Ivory Coast believed that their team could qualify for the final before AFCON 2023 began, things were different for the Super Eagles, who went from being outsiders to win the trophy to being the top-ranked team remaining in the competition following early elimination from the knockout stages by Egypt, Morocco, and reigning champions Senegal.

Even though the three-time champions had exceptional potential, there were concerns about Jose Peseiro's club because of their lackluster games and playoff outcomes. But in the tournament proper, the West African team has displayed a different side of themselves.

They created opportunities in their opening match against Equatorial Guinea but lost, changed their strategy to overcome Ivory Coast, and showed defensive cunning throughout their run through the knockout stages to get within striking distance of a fourth title.

Although Stanley Nwabali's contribution between the posts has received a lot of attention following his South Africa penalty-saving antics, the Chippa United goalkeeper's confidence has calmed a previously uneasy backline.

Teboho Mokoena's 90th-minute penalty ended the Super Eagles' four-game winning streak, but Nwabali's only open-play letdown was Iban Salvador's goal in the tournament debut for the goalkeeper.

Even though Victor Osimhen hasn't scored since the 1-1 draw with Nzalang Nacional, Peseiro's team has made progress thanks to his tenacity off the ball, which has created opportunities for teammates and scared the opposition. This is more intriguing to watch for Osimhen's teammates.

Although he set up Ademola Lookman's first goal against Cameroon in the round of 16, the current African Footballer of the Year has had several goals disallowed, usually because he tends to be caught offside.

He has also won crucial spot kicks against his opponents on Sunday and in Wednesday's semi-final. Osimhen's ability to affect games could help the Super Eagles win a fourth African championship, even if he doesn't score.