Goal difference always plays apart in tournaments and this African Cup of Nations is no difference. Angola met Ivory Coast needing just a point while Sudan met Burkina Faso needing to win. Sudan also needed a three goal swing in order to progress at Angola's expense.
Poor defending from Angola allowed Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue to tap home a low cross on 32-minutes. At the same time, Eltaib Mudather had escaped an awful attempt at a tackle and put Sudan ahead. As it stood, Angola would still go through, but only on goals scored. Angola committed footballing suicide when reserve keeper, Costa, came for a ball that he was never going to get. Dany Massunguna got to the through ball first and headed the ball past the keeper, Bony Wilfried applied the finishing touch to make it 2-0 after 64-minutes. This set of score-lines would put Angola out on goal difference.
It got even better for Sudan when Mudather made it 2-0 with just eleven minutes to play to further put themselves into the next phase. Issiaka Ouedraogo pulled a goal back for Burkina Faso in injury time but it wasn't enough to prevent Sudan from winning their first ACN game since 1976. Table:
Ivory Coast 9
Sudan 4 0
Angola 4 -1
Burkina Faso 0
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