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The lions of Taranga's title defense came to an end on Monday night when they lost on penalties to the host Ivory coast. Franck Kessie scored the winning penalty for the Elephants to fire book them a quarter final match. Ivory Coast were more dominant side in the first half in terms of ball possession but it was Senegal who took an early lead through Habib Diallo's brilliant strike in the fourth minute. Ismail Jakob's throw-in found  Sadio Mane on the left flank who kept an inch-perfect cross for Diallo inside the penalty box.The Al-Shabab forward controlled the ball with his chest and found the back of the net with a thing of beauty. Former Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy made two very important saves in the 73rd and 77th minute to mainttain his teams's lead only to give away a penalty a few minutes later as he pounced on Nicolas Pepe. Franck Kessie scored the equaliser from the penalty spot to bring back hope to the Ivorians. Both teams fought into extra time but wer...

 The super Eagles of Nigeria soared high on Saturday night round of 16 match against the indomitable lions of Cameroon. The three times Afcon champions thrashed Cameroon 2 goals to nill in a mouth watering encounter at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny stadium . Ademola Lookman scored a brace as Victor Osimhen provided an assist an a much needed pressure in the front line. Nigeria imposed their dominance on the game right from the word go and came close to opening the scoring in the ninth minute when Semi Ajayi found the back of the net but a VAR check ruled out the strike for offside. Victor Osimhen's heroics then helped his side finally break the deadlock in the 36th minute as the Napoli star snatched the ball away from Oumar Gonzalez before setting up a pass for Ademola Lookman.The Atalanta winger's attempt was initially stopped by Fabrice Ondoa but the ball eventually trickled through his arms and went inside the goal. The super Eagles the doubled their lead and sealed the fate of...