A Bundesliga star shoots his country to victory: Thanks to Sébastien Haller, Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations for the third time.
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Ivory Coast can celebrate winning the Africa Cup of Nations for the third time.
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In the final against Nigeria, the team initially had to chase a deficit.
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Not least because of BVB star Sébastien Haller, the Ivorians were able to leave the pitch 2-1 victorious.
What a triumph for Ivory Coast: The country once again secured victory Africa Cups – thanks to the winning goal scorer, Borussia Dortmund Sébastien Haller.
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Nigeria initially took the lead
Hosts Ivory Coast appeared in the final in Abidjan against Nigeria and secured it with a 2-1 win on Sunday evening (February 11th). third Africa Cup of Nations title.
Franck Kessie (62nd minute) and Haller (81st) scored for Ivory Coast, William Troost-Ekong (38th) had initially given Nigeria the lead.
Ivory Coast had already won the continental championship in 1992 and 2015. Won the game for third place South Africa 6:5 on penalties against the Democratic Republic of Congoafter no goals were scored in 120 minutes.
Haller shoots Ivory Coast to victory
Nigeria, which won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1980, 1994 and 2013, initially presented itself in the final defensively stable and effective at the front. The West Africans only had two attempts on goal in the first half, once with success: Troost-Ekong’s powerful header was scored by the goalkeeper Yahia Fofana powerless.
By head The equalizer also came when Kessié successfully lurked at the far post after a corner.
After BVB professional Haller initially missed making it 2-1 for the Ivorians with a spectacular overhead kick attempt (75th), he did better a little later: one of Simon Adingra The 29-year-old pushed the cross to the near post with his right foot into the far corner. Already in Semifinals was Haller in the Ivorians’ 1-0 win against them Democratic Republic of Congo was the winning goal scorer.
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dpa news agency