IVORY COAST: IVORY COAST BEAT NIGERIA 2-0 IN AFRICAN NATIONS CUP

Record ID: 183042

  • Title: IVORY COAST: IVORY COAST BEAT NIGERIA 2-0 IN AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
  • Date: 10th May 1967
  • Summary: FIRST HALF PLAY; IVORY COAST SCORING TWO GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF; CROWDS (NATURAL SOF). Initials PW/V/CR/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th May 1967 13:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN: IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA6YRYG5UD6QHKC6RJLLE2Z7BWM
  • Story Text: IN AN ELIMINATING ROUND OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS CUP, IVORY COAST NIGERIA BY TWO GOALS TO NIL ON SUNDAY AND QUALIFIED TO ATTEND THE FINAL STAGES OF THE COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE PLAYED IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA NEXT DECEMBER.

    THE MATCH WAS PLAYED BEFORE A CROWD OF SOME 12,000 PEOPLE IN THE HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY STADIUM, ABIDJAN.

    THERE WAS NO SCORE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME, THE GOALS COMING IN THE 60TH AND 85TH MINUTES.

    THE FIRST GOAL WAS THE RESULT OF A BAD PASS BY THE NIGERIAN LEFT-HALF JERRY AZINGE TO HIS GOALKEEPER INUA LAWAL. THE PASS BEAT THE GOALKEEPER AND WENT INTO THE NET.

    BEFORE THE NEXT GOAL, THE NIGERIAN CONCEDED A PENALTY, BUT IVORY COAST'S MAURICE DEHI HIT THE BALL HIGH OVER THE BAR. HOWEVER, DEHI MADE AMENDS FOR HIS MISS BY SCORING HIS TEAM'S SECOND AND DECISIVE GOAL IN THE 85TH MINUTE WHEN HE LOBBED THE CALL OVER THE HEAD OF THE ADVANCING LAWAL.
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