Elephants on a charge in Angola

Ivory Coast 3 Ghana 1

Gervinho finished off a fluid counter-attacking move after 23 minutes to give Ivory Coast the lead, but they were reduced to 10 men after 55 minutes when Arsenal’s Emmanuel Eboue was shown a straight red card for a reckless two-footed tackle.

Tiene netted a stunning left-footed free-kick after 66 minutes and Didier Drogba headed in a 90th-minute third.