In 1994, the Zambian football team perished in a tragic plane crash in Libreville, Gabon. In 2012, the Zambian football team have beaten the odds to win the African Cup of Nations for the first time in their history. The favourites, Ivory Coast, finish runners-up without even conceding a goal in the tournament.
The best chance of the game fell to Chelsea's Didier Drogba. But he blasted his 70th-minute penalty over the bar. Zambia's best moment came in extra time when they hit the post and the match fell into the penalty shoot-out.
The sides couldn't be separated in the penalties as that also went into sudden death. Leicester's Sol Bamba had his penalty saved at 1-1, but the linesman ruled that keeper, Kennedy Mweene, had moved off his line before the kick was taken and a retake was forced. Bamba scored on the second time of asking and Drogba also stepped up again as the penalties went to 5-5. Kolo Toure then had his penalty saved before Rainford Kalaba hit his penalty over to keep the score at 7-7. Arsenal's Gervinho then smashed his penalty wide leaving Stophira Sunzu to score the winning goal to give Zambia their emotional victory.
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