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2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final

The Estadio de Bata hosted the final

Event 2015 Africa Cup of Nations

Ivory Coast Ghana

0 0
After extra time

Ivory Coast won 9–8 on penalties

Date 8 February 2015

Venue Estadio de Bata, Bata

Man of the Match Afriyie Acquah (Ghana)[1]

Fair Player of the Match Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast)[1]

Referee Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Attendance 32,857
 ← 2013

2017 →

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football game which took place on 8

February 2015 to determine the winner of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the football
championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The
match was held at the Estadio de Bata in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, and was contested
by Ghana and Ivory Coast. Ghana reached the final by winning their qualifying
group and then defeating Guinea and Equatorial Guinea in the quarter-final and semi-
final. Ivory Coast also qualified as group winners, after which they beat Algeria and
the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The final was 0–0 at the end of normal time, and there were also no goals in extra time,
with few clear-cut chances for either team. Ivory Coast had the game's only shot on
target at 12 minutes, when Yaya Touré cleared the Ghanaian wall with a free kick, but
his shot went straight to Ghanaian goalkeeper Brimah Razak. Ghana's Christian
Atsu had what writers for France 24 named the best chance of the match when he hit
the goalpost from 30 yards (27 m) on 25 minutes, from an André Ayew pass. Ayew
himself also hit the goalpost on 41 minutes. With the match finishing level, it was
decided by a penalty shoot-out. Ghana took a 2–0 lead, after Wilfried Bony and Junior
Tallo both missed for Ivory Coast. Ivorian goalkeeper Boubacar Barry then produced a
save against Afriyie Acquah, before Frank Acheampong missed Ghana's fourth penalty
kick, and the teams were level. They then scored six more penalties each. After every
outfield player had taken a shot, the match was decided by Barry, who saved an
attempt from Ghana goalkeeper Razak and then scored past Razak himself to give the
Ivory Coast a 9–8 shoot-out win and the title.
The victory was Ivory Coast's second Africa Cup of Nations victory, after they had
beaten Ghana in the 1992 final, also on penalties. It lifted them from 3rd place to 2nd
place among African nations in the FIFA World Rankings. In summarising the final, BBC
Sport reporters noted that Ghana's defeat was "perhaps a little harsh". Ghana's Acquah
was named as the man of the match. After returning home, the Ivory Coast players took
part in a victory parade in the country's commercial capital Abidjan. They failed to
defend the Africa Cup of Nations at the next tournament in 2017, being eliminated in the
group stage.

Contents

 1Background
 2Route to the final
o 2.1Ghana
o 2.2Ivory Coast
 3Match
o 3.1First half
o 3.2Second half
 o 3.3Extra time
o 3.4Penalty shoot-out,
o 3.5Details
 4Post-match
 5See also
 6References
 7External links

Background[edit]
The Africa Cup of Nations, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is
the primary international association football competition for African national teams.
[2]
 The 2015 tournament was the 30th edition since its inauguration in 1957.
[3]
 Morocco was originally chosen to host the event, but the country requested a
postponement because of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic. CAF refused, and
instead moved the event to Equatorial Guinea in 2014.[4] The tournament consisted of
sixteen teams who had qualified for the event, divided into four round-robin groups
consisting of four teams. The two top teams from each group advanced to a knock-out
phase.[5]
The Ivory Coast appeared in their 20th Africa Cup of Nations tournament, their sole
victory coming in 1992 when they defeated Ghana on sudden death in a penalty
shootout at the end of a goalless draw. They later played in the final in 2006 and 2012,
losing in shootouts after goalless draws against Egypt and Zambia respectively.[6] Ghana
also appeared in their 20th tournament, and their 9th final. They had previously won 4
(1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) and lost 4 (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010).[6]
At the start of the tournament, Ivory Coast were 3rd among African nations FIFA World
Rankings (28th in the world), while Ghana were 5th (37th in the world). [7]

Route to the final[edit]

Further information: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
Ghana[edit]
Ghana's route to the final

Opponent Result

1  Senegal 1–2

2  Algeria 1–0
 3  South Africa 2–1

Q
 Guinea 3–0
F

SF  Equatorial Guinea 3–0

Ghana were in the tournament's Group C, alongside Algeria, Senegal and South Africa.

[8]
 CAF labelled this the "group of death" as a result of the strength of the four teams.
[9]
 Ghana's opening game took place on 19 January 2015, against Senegal in Mongomo.
[10]
 Ghana took the lead on 14 minutes through a penalty by André Ayew, after Christian
Atsu had been fouled, but Senegal equalised in the second half through Mame Biram
Diouf. Moussa Sow, a Senegalese substitute, then scored in the third minute of injury
time, to give his team a 2–1 win.[11] In their second game, Ghana faced Algeria on 23
January in Mongomo.[12] The match remained goalless until injury time at the end in the
second half, when Ghana took the lead as Asamoah Gyan scored from a long pass
by Mubarak Wakaso.[13] Going into the final pair of games in the group, all four nations
had an opportunity to qualify for the quarter-finals, but wins for Ghana and Algeria
ensured they qualified in first and second place respectively. Ghana fell behind to
a volley by South African Mandla Masango in their game, played on 27 January in
Mongomo, but a John Boye equaliser on 73 minutes, followed by an Ayew goal gave
them a 2–1 win and first place in the group.[14][15]

Ghana playing against Guinea at the quarter-final.

Ghana's quarter-final took place in Malabo against Guinea, on 1 February 2015.

[16]
 Against a team described by reporters for BBC Sport as "poor", Ghana scored their
opening goal after 4 minutes as Atsu kicked the ball into the goal from Ayew's back-
heeled pass. They added a second goal just before half time, Kwesi Appiah scoring
after a failed clearance by Guinea's Baïssama Sankoh. Atsu scored again on 61
minutes to complete a 3–0 win for Ghana. [17] Their semi-final match took place four days
later, also in Malabo, against hosts Equatorial Guinea. Referee Eric Otogo-
Castane awarded Ghana a penalty after 41 minutes for a foul on Appiah, which was
vociferously disputed by Equatorial Guinea. Ayew scored the penalty, and Equatorial
Guinea attempted to restart the game, but Otogo-Castane ordered them to wait until
Ghana had finished celebrating. The home supporters began throwing bottles towards
Ghana's substitutes on the sideline. Ghana doubled their lead through Wakaso just
before half time and then added a third through Ayew on 75 minutes. At this point, the
match had to be delayed for 40 minutes as the Equatorial Guinea supporters began an
attack on the Ghana supporters. The police responded by sending a helicopter, which
flew within 30 feet (9 m) of the crowd and deployed smoke bombs. The Ghana
team's Twitter feed later likened the events to "a war zone". Play eventually resumed
and with no further goals scored, Ghana completed a 3–0 win. [18]
Ivory Coast[edit]
Ivory Coast's route to the final

Opponent Result

1  Guinea 1–1

2  Mali 1–1

3  Cameroon 1–0

QF  Algeria 3–1

SF  DR Congo 3–1

Ivory Coast began their campaign with a match against Guinea in Group D, on 20
January in Malabo.[19] Guinea, who had not been able to play any home games during
qualification due to the Ebola epidemic, took the lead after 36 minutes through
a Mohamed Yattara volley. Ivory Coast's Gervinho, labelled "by far the game's best
player" by BBC Sport's online commentary,[20] was sent off for hitting Naby Keïta in the
face after 58 minutes, but Ivory Coast earned a draw with a Seydou Doumbia equaliser
on 72 minutes.[21] In Ivory Coast's second group game, they faced their neighbours Mali
on 24 January, again in Malabo.[22] In a game described by writers for Reuters as "bad-
tempered", Ivory Coast fell behind to a Bakary Sako volley on 7 minutes, but Max
Gradel earned a 1–1 draw for Ivory Coast shortly before the end. [23] With all four games
having ended 1–1, there was nothing to separate the four Group D teams going into the
final pair of games.[24] Ivory Coast faced Cameroon in their game, playing for a third time
in Malabo,[25] and they earned a 1–0 win through Gradel's 20-yard (18 m) shot on 35
minutes. This was sufficient to win the group, as the other game between Guinea and
Mali finished in another 1–1 draw.[26]
Ivory Coast playing against Algeria at the quarter-final.

Ivory Coast returned to Malabo for their quarter-final, in which they faced Algeria on 1
February.[27] Wilfried Bony scored the opening goal for Ivory Coast on 26 minutes,
following a Gradel cross. Despite Ivory Coast having more possession than Algeria after
half time, Hillal Soudani scored an equaliser after 51 minutes, before Bony restored his
team's advantage with a header on 68 minutes. Algeria applied pressure as they sought
to equalise again, amid some poor Ivorian defending, but Ivory Coast held on and
added a third goal through Gervinho in the 4th minute of injury time to seal a 3–1 win.
[28]
 Ivory Coast's semi-final took place on 4 February, against the Democratic Republic of
the Congo at the Estadio de Bata. Yaya Touré scored for the Ivory Coast on 21
minutes, but their lead lasted only 3 minutes as Dieumerci Mbokani scored a penalty
equaliser following a handball. They retook the lead through Gervinho shortly before
half-time, and a goal by Wilfried Kanon midway through the second half completed their
second consecutive 3–1 win and a place in the final. [29]

Match[edit]
First half[edit]

Both teams play during the first half,

The game kicked off at 8 pm local time (7 pm UTC), at the Estadio de Bata.[30] The
referee for the game was Bakary Gassama of the Gambia, and the attendance was
32,857.[31] Ivory Coast wore an all orange kit, while Ghana's was entirely white. Ivory
Coast won an early corner, but it was cleared by Appiah with Serey Dié's long-range
follow-up easily blocked.[32] Yaya Touré had the first chance to score in the game on 12
minutes; he cleared the wall with a free kick, but the shot went straight to Ghanaian
goalkeeper Brimah Razak, who caught it.[32][33] This eventually proved to be the only shot
on target in the entire match.[32][34] Ivory Coast had another chance shortly afterwards,
when Gradel shot wide following a pass from Gervinho, but the sides were relatively
equal in the opening. Ghana's players made a series of long passes intended to reach
Atsu, but Ivory Coast were able to defend all of these. Dié received the first booking of
the evening on 15 minutes for a studs-first foul on Wakaso. Gyan then stamped on Eric
Bailly's toes on 22 minutes in an off-the-ball incident, but no foul was given. Atsu had
the best chance of the game on 25 minutes, when he hit the goalpost from 30 yards
(27 m) from an Ayew pass.[32][35]
Ivory Coast launched an attack down the right on 33 minutes, through Bailly and Gradel,
the latter attempting to find Gervinho in the penalty area. Despite a defensive error from
Boye, Razak was able to collect the ball. Two minutes later, Atsu sent a cross into the
Ivory Coast penalty area which Appiah was unable to reach, and two minutes after that
Ghana hit the goalpost for a second time with a shot from Ayew. On 41 minutes, Appiah
was one-on-one with the Ivorian goalkeeper Kanon, but failed to score. The first half
ended with a score of 0–0, The Guardian's Alan Smith describing it as "tense, as one
would expect of a final between two sides with little to choose between them, but
entertaining nonetheless".[32]
Second half[edit]
Ghana had the first opportunity to score in the second half on 52 minutes,
when Harrison Afful passed the ball to Atsu on the right-hand side following a mistake
by Ivory Coast, who in turn passed to Gyan in the centre. His shot went over the goal. [32]
[33]
 Neither side had many chances in the second half, the midfield dominating the
attackers on both sides.[33] There were also many fouls by both sides.[32] Ghana won a
free kick on 68 minutes, after a handball by Dié, which was taken by Wakaso and
headed just wide of the goal by Boye.[32] Two minutes later, Wakaso himself took a shot
from 30 yards (27 m) out but it went high over the crossbar.[32][33] A run down the right
flank by Atsu gave Ghana another attack one minute after that, but Gyan's shot from the
resulting pass was blocked by Ivory Coast.[33] Ivory Coast had a chance on 82 minutes,
when Bony headed over the crossbar from a Tiene cross. [32] They then had two
opportunities to win the game in the final minute, first with a block by Razak which fell to
Doumbia, who was unable to convert, and then when Razak fumbled the ball following
an Aurier cross, but it did not reach any Ivorian players. [32][33] The match remained 0–0 at
the end of normal time, which meant 30 minutes of extra time was played.[34]
Extra time[edit]
Ghana had the first opportunity of the second half on 93 minutes when Baba
Rahman ran down the left-hand side, but Aurier was able to stop the attack with a diving
block. On 99 minutes, Ghana's Afriyie Acquah hit a shot from 30 yards (27 m), but once
again it went over the crossbar. Ghana made their first chance a minute later
when Jordan Ayew came on for Appiah. His brother, André Ayew, crossed into the
penalty area on 102 minutes, but there were no attackers or defenders in the vicinity
and the ball bounced away. Two minutes later, Aurier crossed from the right for Ivory
Coast, Bony clearing the ball behind. Bailly was then booked just before the extra
period's half-time interval, for a foul on Jordan Ayew. [32]
Wakaso ran towards the Ivorian goal early in the second period of extra time, but his 25-
yard (23 m) shot was blocked by Tiene.[32] Doumbia then had one of the best chances of
extra time shortly afterwards,[33] but he was unable to get a shot on goal as his control of
the ball was described by Smith as "dismal". [32] On 110 minutes, Jordan Ayew beat Yaya
Touré in the penalty area, but his shot from a tight angle was blocked by Kolo Touré.
Both teams made two substitutions as the penalty shoot-out approached, Frank
Acheampong and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu coming on for Ghana, while Tallo
Gadji and Salomon Kalou came on for Ivory Coast. The game remained 0–0 at the end
of extra time, the winner of the tournament being decided by a penalty shoot-out. In
their report of the game, BBC Sport said "there was a sense of inevitability throughout
the match that it would go the distance as neither team appeared to be prepared to take
the risks that might bring a victory".[34]
Penalty shoot-out,[edit]

John Boye takes a penalty kick to Ghana.

Ghana's Wakaso took the first penalty of the shoot-out and scored, hitting the ball to the
opposite side of the goal after Barry had dived to his left. Bony then missed his penalty
for Ivory Coast, his shot hitting the crossbar. Ayew followed for Ghana and scored, and
then Tallo, who had not touched the ball since coming on as a late substitute, missed
for Ivory Coast, hitting his shot wide.[32] The score was 2–0 to Ghana with both teams
having taken two.[34] Ghana then missed their next penalty, as Acquah's shot was saved
by Barry. Aurier scored for Ivory Coast, and then Ghana missed again, Acheampong
sending his left-footed shot wide of the goal. Doumbia scored for Ivory Coast to level the
shoot-out at 2–2, and then Ayew and Yaya Touré both scored to give a score of 3–3
after the regulation five kicks.[32]
The shoot-out was now in the sudden-death phase, but the next ten penalties were all
successful. Jonathan Mensah, Agyemang-Badu, Afful, Baba and Boye all scored for
Ghana, while Kalou, Kolo Touré, Kanon, Bailly and Dié scored for Ivory Coast. This
gave a shoot-out score of 8–8.[34] With all ten outfield players having had a turn, the two
goalkeepers were required to take a kick each themselves. Razak, who was described
by Smith as "not [looking] confident", took his penalty and it was saved by his opposite
number. Barry required some medical attention to his wrist following the save, but he
was able to take his kick and he scored past Razak to seal a 9–8 shoot-out victory and
the title for Ivory Coast.[32][36]
Details[edit]
8 February 2015
20:00
Ivory Coast  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Ghana
Report
Penalties
 Bony  9–8  Wakaso
Tallo   J. Ayew
Aurier   Acquah
Doumbia   Acheampong
Y. Touré 
 A. Ayew
Kalou 
 Mensah
K. Touré 
Kanon   Badu
Bailly   Afful
Die   Baba
Barry   Boye
 Razak
Estadio de Bata, Bata
Attendance: 32,857
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Ivory Coast[34]
Ghana[34]
 Brimah
GK 1 Boubacar Barry GK1
Razak
2  105+ 2 Harrison
CB Eric Bailly RB
1 1' 3 Afful
2
CB 4 Kolo Touré CB John Boye
1
2 1 Jonathan
CB Wilfried Kanon  87' CB
2 9 Mensah
RW 1 1 Baba
Serge Aurier LB
B 7 7 Rahman
2 C 1 Mubarak
CM Serey Dié  14'
0 M 1 Wakaso
1 C Afriyie
CM Yaya Touré (c) 6
9 M Acquah
LW R Christian
5 Siaka Tiéné  57'  116' 7  116'
B W Atsu
1 Kwesi
RW Max Gradel  67' CF 2  99'
5 Appiah
1 L 1 André
ST Wilfried Bony
2 W 0 Ayew
1  120+ Asamoah  120+
LW Gervinho ST 3
0 2' Gyan (c) 1'
Substitutes: Substitutes:
DF 2 Ousmane Viera Edwin
DF 4
FW 3 Roger Assalé Gyimah
MF 6 Cheick Doukouré Mohamed
DF 5
FW 7 Seydou Doumbia  67' Awal
Emmanuel
FW 8 Salomon Kalou  116'
MF8 Agyemang-  120+
Cheick Badu  1'
MF 9
Tioté (injured)[37] F Jordan
1  120+ 9  99'
FW Tallo Gadji W Ayew
1 2' 1 Ernest
1 Jean-Daniel Akpa GK
DF 2 Sowah
3 Akpro 1 Mohamme
1 MF
MF Ismaël Diomandé 3 d Rabiu
4 1 Solomon
Sylvain MF
1 4 Asante
GK Gbohouo (injured F 1 Mahatma
6 [37]
) W 5 Otoo
1 1 Fatau
FW Lacina Traoré GK
8 6 Dauda
2 1 Daniel
GK Sayouba Mandé DF
3 8 Amartey
Manager: F 2 David
 Hervé Renard W 0 Accam
Frank
F 2
Acheampo  116'
W 2
ng
Manager:
 Avram
Grant
Man of the Match:
Afriyie Acquah (Ghana)[1]
Fair Player of the Match:
Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast)[1]

Post-match[edit]

Ivory Coast players during the cup celebration.

In summarising the final, BBC Sport reporters noted that "defeat was perhaps a little
harsh on Ghana, who had the better of the chances in the scoreless 120 minutes that
preceded the shootout and twice hit the woodwork", [34] while writers for France 24 wrote
that "two hours of action delivered few chances as the tired-looking teams fought out an
error-strewn midfield battle, although Ghana’s Christian Atsu came close to scoring with
a snapshot that hit the post".[33] Acquah was named as the man of the match, while Bony
was awarded the Fair Player of the Match title. Atsu was named the player of the
tournament.[1]
Ivory Coast manager Hervé Renard, who had also won the 2012 tournament with
Zambia, later praised the Ivorian team, saying "... our relationship was strong and I put
my trust in them. With this combination, you can achieve success, regardless of the
obstacles you face." Speaking about the penalty shoot-out, Renard said "We missed the
first two, but I knew it wasn’t over yet; the players wanted to do the impossible and win
the title after twice being runners-up." [38] Despite Ghana's defeat, his opposite
number Avram Grant was upbeat: "I am proud of what happened here as no-one rated
Ghana before the competition. But we came here to play some exciting football and
showed some good things. [The players] have made me happy and after the final I told
them so." Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré attributed the success to Renard: "Without the
manager we would have won nothing. He made things difficult for me. He told me if I
didn't run he'd kick me out. He's fantastic."[39]
Ivory Coast's win elevated them above Tunisia into second place among African nations
in the FIFA World Rankings, behind Algeria, while Ghana overtook both Tunisia and
Senegal to occupy third place.[7][40] After returning home, the Ivory Coast players took part
in a victory parade in the country's commercial capital Abidjan on 9 February 2015.
[41]
 They failed to defend the Africa Cup of Nations at the next tournament in 2017, being
eliminated in the group stage.[42] Ghana progressed to the semi-final in that tournament,
where they were beaten by eventual winners Cameroon. [43]

See also[edit]
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage
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