Chaos, controversy at Cup of Nations as Mali, Gambia and Ivory Coast all win

Tunisia's coach Mondher Kbaier greets Mali's coach Mohamed Magassouba ahead of the Group F Africa Cup of Nations 2021 football match at Limbe Omnisport Stadium in Limbe on Wednesday.

Zambian official Janny Sikazwe signalled the end of the match with the clock showing 89 minutes and 42 seconds, leaving Tunisia furious as they chased the game against their 10-man opponents. “His decision is inexplicable. I can’t understand how he made his decision and we will see what happens now,” Tunisia coach Mondher Kebaier said of the referee.

Wahbi Khazri had a chance to equalise for Tunisia in the final quarter of an hour but his spot-kick at the other end was saved by Mali goalkeeper Ibrahim Mounkoro. Cameroon has been torn by violence since October 2017, when militants declared an independent state in the northwest and southwest, home to most of the anglophone minority in the majority French-speaking country.

In the late game, 2015 champions the Ivory Coast defeated Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in Douala in Group E thanks to a superb early effort by Max-Alain Gradel.

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