An "Elephant" can be wrong... Goalkeeper number two, promoted after the suspension for doping of Sylvain Gbohouo, Sangaré completely missed on a back pass from Odilon Kossounou and offered the equalizer to Alhaji Kamara (90th +3).

Sierra Leone striker Alhaji Kamara celebrates after equalizing 2-2 in added time against Ivory Coast in their Africa Cup of Nations Group E match, January 16, 2022 in Douala CHARLY TRIBALLEAU AFP

Côte d'Ivoire had the qualification in hand before this error, its shock against Algeria for the 3rd day only takes on more flavor.

And Sierra Leone, after defeating another favourite, Algeria (0-0), has entered the race.

The unfortunate JDR Stars goalkeeper from Pretoria also went out on a stretcher, visibly hit in the knee when releasing his ball, and replaced by a field player, his captain Serge Aurier.

But Sangaré (35) is not solely responsible for this failure, his teammates wasted a lot of break points.

Haller scored

The attacking trio of the Elephants - Sébastien Haller, Nicolas Pépé, Wilfried Zaha - is however clearly up to speed in this match, after a narrow victory against Equatorial Guinea (1-0).

Haller, scorer and distributor, notably woke up, scoring his first goal in the African Cup, his fourth in selection.

The joy of Ivorian striker Sébastien Haller after opening the scoring against Sierra Leone during their Group E match of the African Cup of Nations on January 16, 2022 in Douala CHARLY TRIBALLEAU AFP

The Ajax Amsterdam striker, who is discovering the CAN, scored the first goal from a delicious outside (26th), and brought the second, signed Nicolas Pépé (65th).

The top scorer in the Champions League (10 goals) has above all orchestrated his team's attacking play, in the exquisite style of the Ajax Lancers.

Sierra Leone also scored a nice goal, a shot from Musa Noah Kamara under the bar after an unstoppable hook on Eric Bailly (55th).

Musa Kamara, currently without a club, cried with joy, for his first goal in selection!

Sierra Leone striker Musa Noah Kamara (2nd d) cries with joy after scoring his first national goal against Côte d'Ivoire in their African Cup of Nations Group E match , January 16, 2022 in Douala CHARLY TRIBALLEAU AFP

But the Elephants missed too many chances.

Mohamed Nbalie Kamara relaxed well to deflect Franck Kessié's penalty.

The AC Milan player did not deceive the goalkeeper with his small steps like Neymar before shooting (12th).

A minute later, Kessié wasted another opportunity by badly taking back an excellent pass from Haller (13th).

Côte d'Ivoire missed many other opportunities to take cover, such as this shot from Kessié above the bar (68th) or this shot from Zaha blocked on the line by a defender (81st) .

Failures paid dearly with the last of them, that of Sangaré...

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