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The only goal by Chelsea's striker Didier Drogba at the beginning of the second half allowed the Ivory Coast national team to eliminate the Nigerian team and secure a place in the African Cup of Nations final.
Nigeria 0 - 1 Ivory Coast 47` [0 - 1] Didier Drogba
In the uneventful first half of the match, both teams created only a few chances, with the best opportunities to score coming from D.Drogba and Bonaventure Kalou.
In the second half, Ivory Coast players, who had the initiative, scored a winning goal just two minutes in: taking advantage of a mistake by Nigerian defenders and receiving a great long pass from Romaric Ndri, D.Drogba sent the ball between the legs of Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama into the net.
After this episode, instead of young talent John Obi Mikel, the last appearance in the national team for Jay Jay Okocha was seen on the field, but not even the experienced team captain managed to create anything special.
As BBC claims, "D.Drogba's goal only proved that the so-called Nigerian national team's revival was just declared too early."
