Ivory Coast beat Mali 2-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal, securing a semi-final with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Oumar Diakite scored a last-gasp goal in extra time for the Ivorians, who played with 10 men for most of the match after Odilon Kossounou was sent off before halftime. Mali took a 71st-minute lead through Nene Dorgeles, but the home team equalized through Simon Adingra in the 90th minute to force extra time.
Diakite scored the winner before being sent off for a second booking, while Mali’s Hamari Traore was also shown a red card. Ivory Coast had limped into the knockout stage as one of the four best third-place finishers, but resurrected their hopes by edging holders Senegal on post-match penalties in the last 16.
