Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire have an appointment next Sunday for the final of the African Cup of Nations. They qualified this evening in the final after having eliminated South Africa and DR Congo respectively.
It was Nigeria who obtained the first, her ticket for the final of the African Cup of Nations. Opposed to South Africa in the semi-finals, he qualified for the penalties 4-2 after a match which ended in the score of 1-1.
Côte d’Ivoire has followed suit by qualifying in turn against DR Congo. The Ivorians won 1-0 in the second semi-final in a stadium Alassane Ouattara stadium in Abidjan full to crack and which will also be the scene of the final.
Sunday, February 11, Nigeria will play its eighth CAN final. He has already won the CAN three times in 1980, 1994 and 2013, but also lost four finals (1984, 1988, 1990 and 2000)
Côte d’Ivoire will play its fifth CAN final. It had two successes in 1992 and 2015 and two defeats in 2006 and 2012.
Note that Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire come from the same group (A). During their opposition from the 1st round, Nigeria won 1-0.
