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• DR Congo 1-3 Ivory Coast
• Mbokani 24pen; Y Touré 21, Gervinho 41, Kanon 68Could it be that one of the longest waits in football is at last coming to an end? For a decade, Africa has expected Ivory Coast’s golden generation at last to reach fulfilment and perhaps now, as the Elephants approach their third final in nine years, the itch will be scratched. Yet perhaps this isn’t even the golden generation any more: after all, only four players remain from the squad that lost to the hosts in the final in Egypt in 2006.
Three of them, the Touré brothers and Siaka Tiene, played key roles in the 3-1 semi-final victory over DR Congo and there was even a moment when it seemed that the notoriously hapless goalkeeper Boubacar Barry would be called upon after Sylvain Gbohouo – a significant upgrade; he has had an excellent tournament and made a startling second-half save from Yannick Bolassie – suffered a first-half injury.
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• Mbokani 24pen; Y Touré 21, Gervinho 41, Kanon 68Could it be that one of the longest waits in football is at last coming to an end? For a decade, Africa has expected Ivory Coast’s golden generation at last to reach fulfilment and perhaps now, as the Elephants approach their third final in nine years, the itch will be scratched. Yet perhaps this isn’t even the golden generation any more: after all, only four players remain from the squad that lost to the hosts in the final in Egypt in 2006.
Three of them, the Touré brothers and Siaka Tiene, played key roles in the 3-1 semi-final victory over DR Congo and there was even a moment when it seemed that the notoriously hapless goalkeeper Boubacar Barry would be called upon after Sylvain Gbohouo – a significant upgrade; he has had an excellent tournament and made a startling second-half save from Yannick Bolassie – suffered a first-half injury.
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