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00:00 On some football news now, Ivory Coast are through to the finals in the Africa
00:04 Cup of Nations after beating the Democratic Republic of Congo. The
00:09 Elephants defeated the DRC 1-0 thanks to a crucial goal from Sebastian Haller in
00:13 the 65th minute, his first goal in the tournament. While sports editor James
00:18 Ficina has the latest on the day's actions from Abidjan.
00:26 Well who would have thought it just a couple of weeks ago that the host
00:30 nation, the Ivory Coast, make it through to the final on home turf. They'll be
00:35 going through and facing Nigeria next after Sebastian Haller got his first
00:39 goal of the tournament and what a goal it was, lobbing past the DRC's goalkeeper
00:44 to manage to get that 1-0 win for his side. Facing Nigeria after Nigeria
00:50 managed to beat South Africa on penalties, a tough game for them but
00:53 this time that both teams have got a little bit of rest to come over the next
00:57 few days before they face off in this stadium once again in Abidjan and the
01:01 host nation are very confident that they can make it.
01:06 [Cheering]