Clockwatch: Group C

Result: Cameroon 3-0 Togo (Sikasso) (in Bold)
Result: DR Congo 3-1 Ivory Coast (Kayes)


All the action as Cameroon and DR Congo make it to the quarter-finals.

90 mins: Lua-Lua tries to walk the ball into the goal, but cannot finish it off.

90 mins: GOAL - DR Congo 3-1 Ivory Coast Concolation for Ivory Coast as Kedou breaks down the right hand side and gets a shot across goal, parried out only to Kandia who turns athletically and powers it home.

87 mins: GOAL - Cameroon 3-0 Togo
Eto'o Fils takes the ball at pace down the right-hand side, before squaring it to Olembe who can't miss.

84 mins: Apataki comes on for Kanku for DR Congo.

80 mins: GOAL - DR Congo 3-0 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast concede a penalty for illegally impeding a DR Congo attack. Komoto's right-footed penalty is deftly converted.

79 mins: GOAL - Cameroon 2-0 Togo
Mboma unselfishly plays the ball into Eto'o Fils as the entire Togo team screams offside. Togo are so incensed the referee is assaulted.

78 mins: Mboma's flicked header from Njatap's cross goes just wide.

76 mins: Ivory Coast have another penalty appeal turned down.

73 mins: Cossi comes for a corner, misses it, but sees a Cameroon head put it behind anyway.

72 mins: Lua-Lua has another good chance as the Ivory Coast defence agains surrenders. This time their keeper makes an excellent save.

71 mins: Lua-Lua, presented with the ball in space ten yards out, spoons the ball very high with a left foot shot when really he should have scored.

69 mins: Kalou drives a powerful shot straight into the arms of Tokala.

68 mins: Bakayoko goes down on the ball in the DR Congo penalty area, but the referee waves away penalty appeals.

66 mins: GOAL - DR Congo 2-0 Ivory Coast Shabani Nonda keeps his head after being presented with a golden opportunity on the counter-attack, after Ivory Coast's defenders go walkabout.

65 mins: Salifou has a shot from midfield, but it goes very high over the Cameroon bar. Olembe is on for Cameroon's goalscorer Mettomo.

63 mins: Kalla has an effort from a corner, but it is very wide.

61 mins: DR Congo attack brightly, but again on a bumpy surface Ivory Coast find it far too easily to clear.

60 mins: Foe accelerates through the Togo half, Fils gets into the D, but a good challenge takes the ball from him.

57 mins: Yapi shot's is excellently saved and turned behind by Tokala.

52 mins: GOAL Cameroon 1-0 Togo
Lucien Mettomo advances up from the back and slams the ball into the Togo net.

47 mins: Togo start much the brighter.

46 mins: Kanku has to be treated after receiving an elbow to the back of the neck from Kouassi.


Half time: Cameroon 0-0 Togo; DR Congo 1-0 Ivory Coast

45 mins: Lua-Lua does well to get a cross into the Ivory Coast penalty area, but it is easily plucked out of the air by the Elephants' keeper.

45 mins: Keita, looking bright, makes another darting run, but again there is no support for his cross.

44 mins: Ivory Coast's Coulibaly heads behind a dangerous-looking cross from DR Congo. DR Congo do nothing with the corner.

41 mins: Keita's quick run and dribble is wasted with a poor shot.

36 mins: Mboma has another left-foot shot, put behind by the Togo defence, but the referee blows the whistle for a foul on the Togo keeper.

34 mins: Song receives a yellow card for a poor challenge, his second of the tournament, and he will miss the quarter-final.

32 mins: Tokala makes a great reaction save to keep DR Congo in front. Since the goal, Ivory Coast have been much more in the acendency, despite being behind.

30 mins: Mboma has a powerful left-foot shot from distance, but it goes a yard wide into the cages behind the goal.

27 mins: GOAL - DR Congo 1-0 Ivory Coast Lua Lua's cross, a great head, good save, but the ball goes down to Yvos, and his exceptionally brave header finds the net.

25 mins: Tcheto brings the ball down in a promising position, but does so with his hand and is penalised.

24 mins: Lua Lua has a fierce shot from twenty yards away from the Ivory Coast goal, but it just drifts over the bar.

20 mins: Eto'o Fils and Mtomo play some nice touches between each other, but their play comes to nothing.

20 mins: Tokala claims easily from a tame Ivory Coast shot.

15 mins: Toure wastes two good chances for Togo, but Cameroon are looking like a smoother outfit.

10 mins: a neat cross from Kallou comes to nothing.

10 mins: Mboma flicks a header over the bar.

4 mins: DRC have the ball in the Ivorian net, but the goal is ruled out for offside.

1 min: Keita goes on a run and comes close with a sighter.

Teams (Sikasso):

Cameroon - 1 Boukar Alioum, 2 Bill Tchato, 4 Rigobert Song, 5 Raymond Kalla, 8 Geremi Fotso Njitap , 9 Samuel Eto'o Fils, 10 Patrick Mboma, 13 Lucien Mettomo, 17 Marc Vivian-Foe, 18 Eric Djemba, 19 Daniel Ngom Kome.

Togo - 16 Agassa Cossi, 2 Gafarou Mamah, 3 Yao Senaya, 4 Yaovi Abalo, Emmanuel Adebayo, 11 Dodji Dogbe, 12 Eric Akoto, 14 Coffi Olympio, 17 Kader Cougbadja , 19 Moustapha Salifou, 21 Odeyi Atte

Teams (Kayes):

DR Congo: 1-Paulin Tokala; 3-Mundaba Kisombe, 13-Dikilu Bageta, 20-Felix Muamba, 4-Patrick Kiuftei, 11-Papy Kimoto 6-Jason Mayele, 10-Kanku Mulekanyi, 7-Pathy Esele Nsengo, 9-Lomana Tresor Lua Lua, 18-Shabani Nonda

Ivory Coast: 1-Losseni Konate; 2-Habib Toure, 3-Mamadou Coulibaly, 6-Blaise Koffi Kouassi, 8-Ibrahima Kone, 4-Lassina Diabate, 5-Ghislain Akassou, 13-Siby Badra Aliou, 17-Gilles Yapi Yapo, 12-Abdelkader Keita, 15-Bonaventure Kalou



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