It's all over for Côte d'Ivoire
It's all over now. Humiliated by Equatorial Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire have fallen from grace. The Elephants have probably said goodbye to their dream of a home African Cup of Nations at the group stage. After their opening victory over Guinea-Bissau...
However, the Ivorians, who also scored twice from offside, were clumsy in front of goal and must now hope for a huge miracle if they are to qualify as one of the four best third-placed teams in the group.
Equatorial Guinea thus finished top of the group and qualified for the Round of 8, ahead of Nigeria.
The looming 4-0 defeat is quite simply the biggest setback the Elephants have suffered at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Elephants had suffered 4 defeats by a three-goal margin up to that point!
4-1 vs Egypt (2008 quarter-final)
3-0 vs Cameroon (pool 2000)
3-0 vs Algeria (pool 1990)
4-1 vs Ghana (pool 1965)